Hungarian Zsolnay Pecs Mother & Child Figure

Offered for sale is a beautifully modeled, large figure of a woman feeding her child. Both or wearing traditional Hungarian costume in shades of blue green and burnt orange. It is signed to the base and bears a very faded dark green coloured "five churches" backstamp which would suggest it was manufactured early 20th century, most probably 1920's. The factory was established by Miklos Zsolnay in 1853. It produced stoneware and other ceramics. His son Vilmos joined the company in 1863 after his older brother Ignac didn't cope with restructuring the firm. Vilmos Zsolnay was born April 19, 1828 in the city of Pecz. Vilmos was second out of seven brothers. Vilmos made the company famous thanks to participation in numerous international exhibitions. He won the Grand Prix at the World Expo in Paris in 1878, and the French government awarded Vilmos Zsolnay with an honorary distinction. Then, the demand for Zsolnay products increased worldwide.