Figure
ca. 1736 (made), ca. 1736 (modelled)
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Figure of Tyrolean woman playing a hurdygurdy, of hard-paste porcelain. She is seated on a rock support, legs extending beyond base. Painted in enamel colours and gilt. Iron-red broad-brimmed hat, white apron, green and purple striped skirt, purple lustre bodice with gold lattice-pattern, red shoes. Mounted as a candlestick on Rococo ormolu base with metal branches painted green holding soft-paste flowers and two ormolu nozzles.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, with ormolu mount |
| Brief description | Figure of Tyrolean woman playing a hurdygurdy, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, with ormolu mount, modelled by J. F. Eberlein and J. J. Kändler about 1736, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1736 |
| Physical description | Figure of Tyrolean woman playing a hurdygurdy, of hard-paste porcelain. She is seated on a rock support, legs extending beyond base. Painted in enamel colours and gilt. Iron-red broad-brimmed hat, white apron, green and purple striped skirt, purple lustre bodice with gold lattice-pattern, red shoes. Mounted as a candlestick on Rococo ormolu base with metal branches painted green holding soft-paste flowers and two ormolu nozzles. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Associated object | C.919-1919 (Set) |
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| Accession number | C.920-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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