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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Figure

ca. 1765 (made), ca. 1762 (modelled)
Artist/Maker
Meissen Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Kändler, Johann Joachim (modeller)
Place of origin
Meissen (made)

Figure of an eavesdropper of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamel colours and gilded. The shepherd with a dog watches from behind a ruined architectural fragment. Rococo-moulded, flowered base, front section touched with gilt.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Figure
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, moulded and gilded
Hard Paste Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Moulded
Brief description
Figure of an eavesdropper of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamel colours and gilded, modelled by J.J. Kändler ca. 1762, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1765.
Physical description
Figure of an eavesdropper of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamel colours and gilded. The shepherd with a dog watches from behind a ruined architectural fragment. Rococo-moulded, flowered base, front section touched with gilt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (In underglaze blue)
  • '6' (Incised)
Credit line
Given by Mr W. A. J. Floersheim
Object history
Figure group in two sections with C.145-1931.
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Man
Dog
Scroll
Bibliographic reference
Berling, K. Meissner Porzellan und seine Geschichte Leipzig, 1900, p. 197
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.50-1962

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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