April 25, 2024
Antique Fischer J Budapest Zsolnay reticulated 2 items
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2 striking Fischer J Budapest Reticulated Pottery pieces. Cobalt Blue with gold decoration. Each is 8" tall. Both pieces have been damaged and poorly repaired. The "winged" item has one clean break, the ewer has more. A professional restoration would improve these very old pieces. Both came from a prestigious family estate in the Cincinnati area. The items have a good provenance and look very good to me, but I am not a collector of this pottery. In my research I've found two references to Fischers and Hungarian porcelain. The first is that I gnác Fischer (aka Fischer J) acquired his knowledge of arts and crafts in Hungary at his father's ceramics factory in Tata-Tóváros. He then further refined and developed his knowledge of ceramics at the Herend factory. Ignác founded his own workshop at Pest in 1864. At first, he dealt only with painting the china products of other factories. However, he produced his own ceramics beginning in 1867. Similar to Zsolnay, Fischer also specialized in the production of ornamentally decorated ceramics. He was successful mainly with his Majolica ware, sold in Austria-Hungary and also sold for export. Fischer also produced pieces decorated with Chinese motifs sold at the Hungarian Exposition of 1885. He was successful in winning many major awards. Eventually his son Emil took over the operation. But by
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