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

Figure

1740-1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of Harlequin with pince-nez of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. He wears a grey hat with white ruff, part blue, part red tunic, part yellow, part black breeches, all enriched with gilding, beige shoes and red rosettes. He is standing against a stump on his left foot, his right knee raised; an open snuff box at his waist, holding a pince-nez to his face with his right hand, laughing and poking out his tongue. The base is embellished with leaves and moss.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure of Harlequin with pince-nez, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, modelled by J.J. Kändler, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, 1740-1745.
Physical description
Figure of Harlequin with pince-nez of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. He wears a grey hat with white ruff, part blue, part red tunic, part yellow, part black breeches, all enriched with gilding, beige shoes and red rosettes. He is standing against a stump on his left foot, his right knee raised; an open snuff box at his waist, holding a pince-nez to his face with his right hand, laughing and poking out his tongue. The base is embellished with leaves and moss.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.1cm
  • Base to knee width: 17.7cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs O. J. Finney in memory of Oswald James Finney
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceCommedia dell'arte
Bibliographic references
  • Pauls-Eisenbeiss, Dr. Erika German porcelain of the 18th century. London & Fribourg, 1972, pp. 293, 295.
  • Collection Francis M. Baer, London, Munich, 1913, p. 12, figs. 24, 25.
  • Handt. I and H. Rakebrand, Meissner Porzellan des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts 1710-1750. Dresden, 1957, fig. 110.
Collection
Accession number
C.16-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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