Scaramouche and Columbine
Figure Group
ca. 1740 (made), ca. 1740 (modelled)
ca. 1740 (made), ca. 1740 (modelled)
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Figure group of Scaramouche and Columbine in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Standing man and woman embracing by a bush, the woman holding a bird cage. Flowered irregular base. The man wears a hanging black cap; white tunic with ruff, blue bows and red belt; black breeches and shoes; grey stockings. The woman in white except a turquoise bodice and yellow apron.
Object details
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| Title | Scaramouche and Columbine (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure group of Scaramouche and Columbine in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, modelled by J.J. Kändler, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740. |
| Physical description | Figure group of Scaramouche and Columbine in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Standing man and woman embracing by a bush, the woman holding a bird cage. Flowered irregular base. The man wears a hanging black cap; white tunic with ruff, blue bows and red belt; black breeches and shoes; grey stockings. The woman in white except a turquoise bodice and yellow apron. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Literary reference | Commedia dell'arte |
| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, p. 198, Note 210. |
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| Accession number | C.981-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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