salt (Salt Dish)

This figure holding a sweetmeat dish was made during the heyday of the Holíč factory and marks the transition between pieces made for practical use and those intended as purely sculptural works.

functional; decorative

tin-glazed

Earthenware figure of a woman (part a) seated on a brown base and holding a large two-part container (sweetmeat dish) on her lap. Green hat, blue blouse, yellow skirt, red apron. White container has red floral motifs on sides. The white lid (part b) has a green leaf handle.