Two boys struggling with a fish
Candlestick
ca. 1755 (made)
ca. 1755 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Group of two boys struggling with a fish (now lacking candle nozzle), Pont-aux-Choux pottery factory, about 1755
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Two boys struggling with a fish (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Creamware (faïence fine) |
| Brief description | Group of two boys struggling with a fish (now lacking candle nozzle), Pont-aux-Choux pottery factory, about 1755 |
| Gallery label | Gallery 128 Decant 2003
Similar groups are also recorded in French, German and English porcelain. They derive from a fountain designed by Charles Le Brun and executed by Jean-Baptiste Tuby for the gardens at Versailles in 1672, in this case possibly by way of a silver candelabrum by Thomas Germain.(07/06/2004) |
| Production | Acquired as Italian or French, ca. 1770. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | For the attribution to Pont-aux-Choux, the dating to c. 1755, and the indentification as a candlestick, see J. V. G. Mallet, 'Two Children and a Fish', in French Porcelain Society Journal, Vol. 1, 2003, pp. 131-47. Mallet illustrates similar compostions in French, German and English ceramics, and discusses the possibility of derivation from Versailles garden sculpture designed by Le Brun and executed by Jean-Baptiste Tuby, possibly by way of a French silver prototype. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.128-1985 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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