Glossary entry

Polish term or phrase:

w rezerwach

English translation:

reserve

Added to glossary by Robin Gill
Apr 12, 2021 08:32
3 yrs ago
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Polish term

w rezerwach

Polish to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Ceramic decoration
Filiżanka ze spodkiem, z dekoracją kwiatową w rezerwach, w futerale
ok. poł. XIX w., Czechy, wytwórnia nieokreślona

Porcelana, farby naszkliwne, złocenia; futerał: karton, skóra, jedwab, metal (mosiądz?); filiżanka 7 × 13,5 × 12 cm; spodek2,8 × 14,5 cm; futerał 14 × 19 cm

From an exhibition catalogue
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 reserve
3 +1 in reserve

Discussion

Jacek Rogala (X) Apr 13, 2021:
I was consulting images of very bad quality of china, and there was a lot of crockery having areas in reserves. Cannot compare however with the miraculous painting by Vermeer.

mike23 Apr 12, 2021:
A reserve is a temporarily unfinished or blank area of a painting which is surrounded by painted areas that are either partially or fully completed. A reserve generally corresponds to the area within the outer-most contour of a single object such as a figure, a tree or an architectural feature.
http://www.essentialvermeer.com/glossary/glossary_q_z.html

Proposed translations

+1
23 mins
Selected

reserve

Podobnie jak w linku poniżej
with reserve ornaments/decorative flowers motif
Peer comment(s):

agree Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
2 hrs
piękne dzięki
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+1
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in reserve

w rezerwach kwiaty i miniatury pejzażowe - w rezerwach kwiaty i miniatury pejzażowe

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'PL' and two bees (Maker's mark printed (underglaze) on base, printed in reserve on a green ground) - https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O151486/lancastrian-potte...

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printed on underside of saucer's base in dark green under glaze: U.P.W. / [eagle's head with letter S in beak]; printed in reserve on underside of base in yellow over glaze: UNION / PORCELAIN / WORKS / GREENPOINT / N.Y. / 10 '85; impressed into porcelain on underside of base under glaze: [mark resembling: Y
- https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/3115 (click on "Signatures, Inscriptions, and Marking")

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The background was painted black, and the figures were left in reserve on the red-brown clay surface; details on the figures were painted in black, which allowed the artist greater freedom in drawing - http://ceramic-studio.net/umjetnicka-keramika/cijena/grcka_k...

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This large fluted dish is a fine example of the Kashan style of luster pottery of the late twelfth century onward, in which figures are drawn in reserve on a luster ground. - https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/453209
Peer comment(s):

agree Jacek Rogala (X)
1 hr
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