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Figure
Kändler, Johann Joachim, born 1706 - died 1775 - Enlarge image
Figure
- Place of origin:
Meissen (made)
- Date:
ca. 1741 (made)
ca. 1741 (modelled) - Artist/Maker:
Kändler, Johann Joachim, born 1706 - died 1775 (modeller)
Meissen porcelain factory (manufacturer) - Materials and Techniques:
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
- Credit Line:
Given by Mr W. A. J. Floersheim
- Museum number:
C.148-1931
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 23, shelf 4
Physical description
Figure of a woman gardener, of hard-paste porcelain. Seated and holding on her lap a large basket as a flower holder relief-moulded in Sulkowski ozier pattern. Flowered mound base. Painted with enamel colours and gilt. Black hood and bodice, blue jacket with iron-red cuffs patterned with gilt foliage; white collar with purple embroidery; pale yellow apron patterned with Indian flowers over white skirt.
Place of Origin
Meissen (made)
Date
ca. 1741 (made)
ca. 1741 (modelled)
Artist/maker
Kändler, Johann Joachim, born 1706 - died 1775 (modeller)
Meissen porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm
Descriptive line
Figure of a woman gardener, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, modelled by J. J. Kändler, about 1741, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1741
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Zimmermann, Ernst, Meissner porzellan. Leipzig, Hiersemann, 1926, p. 151
Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, Note 199
Production Note
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Gilt
Subjects depicted
Gardeners
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain; Figures & Decorative ceramics
Collection
Ceramics Collection
