Caption

Knife, Korzec Porcelain and Faience Manufactory; 1790–1832. Possibly a Korzec forgery. Cutlery with a white-metal blade featuring a palmette at the base of the handle and an engraved fish at the end of the blade. Slightly curved porcelain handle with colorful painted flower bouquets and insects on both sides. Circa 1830. Poland Korzec?. Height 30 cm., A long flat metal blade with a rounded end engraved with a fish head and scale-like markings lies horizontally above a pale gray background, its metal showing a muted golden-silver patina with subtle uneven shading and a few small marks; the blade connects to a metal ferrule with a decorative leaf-shaped mounting and a short collar, which joins a curved glossy white handle painted with colorful floral motifs in shades of purple, red, pink, blue, green, and a small orange detail.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_128

License type

Rights managed

Available size

26.5Mb (703.8Kb) / 20.0in x 5.1in / 6000 x 1543 (300dpi)

Keywords

Knife Korzec Porcelain Faience Manufactory 1790–1832 Korzec forgery Cutlery white-metal blade featuring palmette base handle engraved fish Slightly curved porcelain handle colorful painted flower bouquets insects sides Circa 1830 Poland Korzec Height 30 cm long flat metal blade rounded engraved fish head scale- markings lies horizontally pale gray background metal showing muted golden-silver patina subtle uneven shading small marks blade connects metal ferrule decorative leaf-shaped mounting short collar joins curved glossy white handle painted colorful floral motifs shades purple red pink blue green small orange detail.