Avvocato
Figure
ca. 1748 (made), ca. 1748 (modelled)
ca. 1748 (made), ca. 1748 (modelled)
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Figure of Avvocato, from the Italian comedy, hard-paste porcelain. Standing man wearing tricorn hat, Venetian Carnival half-mask and voluminous lawyer's robe's over ordinary dress. Right foot placed forward and turned out, left arm partly raised. Painted with several colours and gilt: white robe with puce and yellow bows, pale yellow waistcoat, black breeches, shoes and hat.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Avvocato (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Figure of 'Avvocato', from the Italian comedy, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, probably modelled by J. J. Kändler, about 1748, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, about 1748 |
| Physical description | Figure of Avvocato, from the Italian comedy, hard-paste porcelain. Standing man wearing tricorn hat, Venetian Carnival half-mask and voluminous lawyer's robe's over ordinary dress. Right foot placed forward and turned out, left arm partly raised. Painted with several colours and gilt: white robe with puce and yellow bows, pale yellow waistcoat, black breeches, shoes and hat. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Crossed swords (traces) (Factory mark in underglaze blue) |
| 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. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, Pl. XLIII (a), p. 115 and Note 207. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.941-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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