Boy playing a pipe

Figure
ca. 1765-ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tin-glazed earthenware figure of a boy playing a pipe, painted in colours

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBoy playing a pipe (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware figure of a boy playing a pipe, painted in colours, Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, France, about 1765-1770
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware figure of a boy playing a pipe, painted in colours
Gallery label
(07/06/2004)
Gallery 128 Decant 2003

The model for this figure has been attributed to Paul-Louis Cyfflé (1704-1806).
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart G. Davis
Object history
Acquisition type: Bequest
Production
Illustrated by Arthur Lane in French Faïence, 1948, pl. 82D, where dated to about 1770-84 and where the figures is said to be after a model by Cyfflé. For another, dated about 1765-70, see Chefs-d'Ouvre de la Faïence du Musée de Saint-Omer, 1988, cat. 240.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.265-1951

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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