Stand
ca. 1758-1760 (modelled), ca. 1760 (decorated)
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Stand for a food-warmer in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical form, and round the top is a moulded rim with a row of floral sprigs alternating in red and gold below a gilt border. Round the sides are a pair of fluted shell handles and a pair of vents. Below one of the vents is a large aperture for the insertion of a spirit lamp. Round the lower are birds on branches, baskets of fruit, gardening implements and a pierrot's mask among rococo scrollwork.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded |
| Brief description | Stand for a food-warmer in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, decoration probably designed by Hermannsdörfer ca. 1760, Nymphenburg porcelain factory, Nymphenburg, modelled ca. 1758-1760. |
| Physical description | Stand for a food-warmer in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical form, and round the top is a moulded rim with a row of floral sprigs alternating in red and gold below a gilt border. Round the sides are a pair of fluted shell handles and a pair of vents. Below one of the vents is a large aperture for the insertion of a spirit lamp. Round the lower are birds on branches, baskets of fruit, gardening implements and a pierrot's mask among rococo scrollwork. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
| Production | Decoration probably designed by Hermannsdörfer. |
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| Bibliographic reference | See object information file in Ceramics and Glass Section offices. |
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| Accession number | C.1572-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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