{"id":10952,"date":"2016-05-15T14:56:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T18:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=10952"},"modified":"2016-05-16T15:51:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T19:51:15","slug":"inventive-repairs-in-prague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=10952","title":{"rendered":"Inventive repairs in Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just returned from a trip to Prague where I was bowled over by the\u00a0seemingly endless amount of\u00a0stunning\u00a0Art Nouveau architecture, paintings, and decorative arts. Naturally, I was on the lookout for ceramics and glassware with inventive repairs, and was delighted to actually stumble upon\u00a0a few good examples.<\/p>\n<p>The most interesting ones were\u00a0hiding in plain sight within the Prague Castle walls at the Lobkowicz Palace, which houses the Princely Collections of paintings, instruments, original musical scores, and decorative arts.<\/p>\n<p>Two\u00a0pieces of early rare Italian maiolica have what appears to be unexceptional 19th century tinker repairs. One of the jugs has a clunky and poorly painted replacement spout. I am surprised that the repairs found on these pieces were not executed\u00a0with more artistry and finesse.<\/p>\n<p>Rather\u00a0than write the\u00a0captions for my\u00a0photos, I have copied directly from\u00a0the English translations found on the glass display cases:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Examples of a large service from Savona in North Italy, late 17th century.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10960\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10960\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10960\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7284.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7284\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7284.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7284-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7284-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10962\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10962\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10962\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7292.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7292\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7292.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7292-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7292-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10961\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10961\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10961\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7290.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7290\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7290.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7290-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7290-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10953\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10953\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10953\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7296.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7296\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7296.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7296-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7296-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10956\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10956\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10956\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7301.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7301\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7301.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7301-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7301-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10954\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10954\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10954\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7298.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7298\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7298.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7298-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7298-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10964\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10964\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10964\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7300-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7300 - Version 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7300-Version-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7300-Version-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7300-Version-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Examples from an extensive service of maiolica, from the Pavia region of Lombardy, painted in polychrome with scenes of figures and ruined buildings in mountainous coastal landscapes, all within borders of detailed moulded and painted acanthus leaf, flowers and grotesques some with wheat husk edging: Italian, late 17th century.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10957\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10957\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10957\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7269-1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7269\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7269-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7269-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7269-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10958\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10958\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10958\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7274.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7274\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7274.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7274-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7274-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10959\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10959\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10959\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7277.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7277\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7277.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7277-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7277-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just returned from a trip to Prague where I was bowled over by the\u00a0seemingly endless amount of\u00a0stunning\u00a0Art Nouveau architecture, paintings, and decorative arts. Naturally, I was on the lookout for ceramics and glassware with inventive repairs, and was delighted to actually stumble upon\u00a0a few good examples. The most interesting ones were\u00a0hiding in plain sight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[15,141,201,154,56],"class_list":["post-10952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdotal","tag-blue-white","tag-italian","tag-maiolica","tag-metal-bands","tag-tin-glaze"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10952"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10977,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10952\/revisions\/10977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}