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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Das Landmädchen (nach Meierheim)

Lithophane
mid 19th century (made), 1849-50 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lithophane of hard-paste porcelain, moulded in intaglio with a woman standing in a field bearing a gleaner's rake on her right shoulder. She is dressed in peasant costume and bears a cloth bundle containing corn on her head. There is a goat at her left side. After a painting by Friedrich Eduard Meyerheim (1808-79) called 'Returning from the fields', painted 1849.


Object details

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Object type
TitleDas Landmädchen (nach Meierheim) (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded in intaglio
Brief description
Lithophane, hard-paste porcelain moulded in intaglio showing a gleaner, Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin, Germany, mid 19th century.
Physical description
Lithophane of hard-paste porcelain, moulded in intaglio with a woman standing in a field bearing a gleaner's rake on her right shoulder. She is dressed in peasant costume and bears a cloth bundle containing corn on her head. There is a goat at her left side. After a painting by Friedrich Eduard Meyerheim (1808-79) called 'Returning from the fields', painted 1849.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.1cm
  • Width: 18.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'K.P.M. 384. B.' and a sceptre (Impressed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs G. M. Spear
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.16C-1971

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Record createdJuly 28, 2010
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