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    Kändler, Johann Joachim, born 1706 - died 1775
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  • Place of origin:

    Meissen, Germany (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1740-1744 (modelled)
    ca. 1745-50 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Kändler, Johann Joachim, born 1706 - died 1775 (modeller)
    Meissen porcelain factory (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours, with ormolu mount

  • Credit Line:

    Jones Bequest

  • Museum number:

    836-1882

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 23, shelf 6

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The animal figures made of Meissen porcelain were faithfully copied from engravings and naturalistically painted. They were much in demand in France before the founding of the Sèvres factory there. Already expensive luxuries, they were further embellished in Paris. Elaborate swirling mounts made of fire-gilt ormolu were added to them there.

Physical description

Figure of a lioness, of hard-paste porcelain. Seated, her head turned left, right paw raised. Contemporary French ormolu mount in rococo style. Painted naturalistically with enamel colours.

Place of Origin

Meissen, Germany (made)

Date

ca. 1740-1744 (modelled)
ca. 1745-50 (made)

Artist/maker

Kändler, Johann Joachim, born 1706 - died 1775 (modeller)
Meissen porcelain factory (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours, with ormolu mount

Dimensions

Height: 19.4 cm, Length: 23.5 cm

Descriptive line

Porcelain figure of a lioness painted in colours on ormolu mount, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, about 1745-50.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X
Albiker, Karl Die Meissner porzellantiere im 18. jahrhundert. Berlin, Deutscher verein für kunstwissenschaft, 1959, No. 158.
Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, Pl. LII (c).

Production Note

Ormolu mount, French mid-18th century.
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; Ormolu

Techniques

Painted; Mounted

Subjects depicted

Lions (animals)

Categories

Porcelain; Ceramics; Figures & Decorative ceramics

Collection code

CER

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