Table decoration in the form of a peacock 1787 Hungarian, Munkács The peacock stands with its head slightly tilted, mischievously observing his surroundings. The artist has capture in silver the temperament and characteristic posture of a mature male peacock, an extremely territorial bird. The object’s plain oval base, with its convex frame decorated with Baroque flowers and scrolled leaves, is in sharp contrast to the combination of a terrain plinth and stylized Neoclassical garlands on the stands of the pair of peacocks also in the museum's collection, acc. nos. 2010.110.64a, b and .65a, b.L
GLIX-115-2HHY09C
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Table decoration in the form of a peacock 1787 Hungarian, Munkács The peacock stands with its head slightly tilted, mischievously observing his surroundings. The artist has capture in silver the temperament and characteristic posture of a mature male peacock, an extremely territorial bird. The object’s plain oval base, with its convex frame decorated with Baroque flowers and scrolled leaves, is in sharp contrast to the combination of a terrain plinth and stylized Neoclassical garlands on the stands of the pair of peacocks also in the museum's collection, acc. nos. 2010.110.64a, b and .65a, b.L