Artwork
Vas de formă rotundă, smălțuit în interior și exterior, decorat pe suprafața interioară prin pictare manuală astfel: central, snopul de spice; pe margini, trei elemente reprezentând motive fitomorfe (spicul de grâu); pe buza farfuriei, un motiv geometric circular. Pe fundul vasului apare ștanțată marca producătorului (parțial lizibil: Helmsburg). Cromatică: alb, muștar, negru.

Vas de formă rotundă, smălțuit în interior și exterior, decorat pe suprafața interioară prin pictare manuală astfel: central, snopul de spice; pe margini, trei elemente reprezentând motive fitomorfe (spicul de grâu); pe buza farfuriei, un motiv geometric circular. Pe fundul vasului apare ștanțată marca producătorului (parțial lizibil: Helmsburg). Cromatică: alb, muștar, negru. is a photography by Fayencerie Wilhelmsburg. It is held in the collection of the Gavrila Simion Eco-Museum Research Institute Tulcea. This ceramic dish is round in shape with a simple, hand-painted design on a white background.
About this work
Overview
This ceramic dish is round in shape with a simple, hand-painted design on a white background. The decoration includes wheat stalks and a geometric motif, executed in yellow, black, and white.
Subject & Meaning
The depiction of wheat stalks suggests a functional or everyday use for the dish, rather than a purely decorative purpose. The motifs may symbolize fertility or abundance.
Technique & Style
The dish is decorated with flat, unblended paint, and features a simple, repetitive design. The colors used are predominantly yellow, black, and white.
History & Provenance
The dish bears a partially legible manufacturer's mark, 'Helmsburg', likely referring to Fayencerie Wilhelmsburg, a ceramics producer.
Artist & collection
Artist
You’d feel those salt-glazed plates if you ran your thumb over their ridges. The Wilhelmsburg studio outside Erfurt stamped its mark in faint Helmsburg letters, as if the maker wanted you to find it later, not admire it…
Museum
Gavrila Simion Eco-Museum Research Institute Tulcea
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