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S025 - The House at the Golden Elephant

Brand: Art Studio Genetrix
Product Code: S025
Availability: 7 pcs
Dimensions: 12.50cm x 5.50cm x 8.50cm

Price: 890 Kč

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Miniature porcelain house:
In front of you are pictures of a detailed replica of a real house. It is a hand-crafted and faithfully processed porcelain model of house in Prague, and one of the most interesting. Our porcelain houses are part of brand line that includes over 80 miniature houses found in Prague. From them you can build the Old Town Square, the Golden Lane or even a part of the Lesser Town. 

How it comes about:
The basic model is made in scale according to the actual model. Then it’s converted in an elaborate way into a form, from which we obtain individual parts by casting porcelain mass. After assembling, retouching, drying and firing, careful and detailed revising begins again. This process is followed by hand painting with several layers of glaze and another firing at 1200 ° C. Last task is the final decor and firing in the kiln. It is a unique and sophisticated technique of creating models with the theme of historic houses. You can see the result in front of you…

The goal:
Our aim is to capture the beauty of architecture in the imprint of ceramic clay and to transfer a piece of poetry of old Prague to your homes. Old Prague lovers in our country, as well as travelers from all over the world, have sets of entire streets and individual pieces of our models at home. It is a nice and valuable reminder of visiting Prague and Bohemia.

This product is made based on The House at the Golden Elephant, which can be found at this address:
Dlouha 609/2, Old Town, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic

History of The House at the Golden Elephant:
The oldest housing at this place is from 1357. This house was joined together with the house next to it called “of the Elephant” in 1358. It has remained like that till 1565. There was a medieval inn here. On Sadeler’s prospectus the house is depicted as a two-floor building with graffiti decoration. This was preserved under the Baroque facade until the house was pulled down. It underwent Baroque reconstruction before 1773. However, part of the building was to tumble down in 1800. Its restoration was done most probably according to the project of the architect Filip Heger. In spite of protests from the Club for Old Prague, the house was pulled down in 1904 and replaced by a new building designed by the architect F. Schlaffer.


Quality and packaging:
Our models are miniatures of real buildings. We place great importance on the quality and detail of the processing of our products. All the miniature houses are hand-painted and hand-crafted from porcelain, so the individual pieces may differ slightly in size and color shade. Each item is original and unique. We pack them in handmade and fully recyclable cardboard boxes. Our more significant sets are packed in gift boxes with see through front.

P.S.
Our usual customers come from Europe, but we also send our houses to the USA and Canada. We have been sending our little houses to Asia and they are most liked in Japan and South Korea. We are happy we can please customers from Czech Republic and in the other parts of world alike.