The mayflower delights with its elegant, delicate flowers and intoxicates with its delightful scent. In many European countries it is a symbol of purity, joy, love, warmth, happiness and good luck. Various decorations depict the mayflower alone or together with other flowers such as forget-me-nots, pansies, lilacs and even roses.
The exhibition will feature mayflowers depicted on various objects from the Classical period to the present day - glass, porcelain and metal dishes, interior objects, works of art, magazines and postcards. Highlights include Art Nouveau plates with elegant mayflower and lilac decorations, exquisite colored glass vases and Villeroy & Boch majolica plates.
1. Vase. Glass. Europe, first half of the 20th century.Collection of the Art Nouveau Center Museum in Riga. Photo - Gvido Kajons.
2. Postcard. First half of the 20th century. Collection of the Art Nouveau Center Museum in Riga.
3. Cup and glasses. Glass. England, late 19th century. Collection of the Art Nouveau Center Museum in Riga. Photo - Gvido Kajons.