Figure

ca. 1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure in hard-paste porcelain of winged girl painted with enamels and gilded. She wears a white kerchief with red stripes on her head, fur bodice, yellow sash, mauve skirt, white stockings and green shoes, and she carries a hurdy-gurdy under her left arm.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure in hard-paste porcelain of winged girl painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Daffinger, probably modelled by J. Niedermeyer, Imperial Vienna Porcelain factory, Vienna, ca. 1760-1770.
Physical description
Figure in hard-paste porcelain of winged girl painted with enamels and gilded. She wears a white kerchief with red stripes on her head, fur bodice, yellow sash, mauve skirt, white stockings and green shoes, and she carries a hurdy-gurdy under her left arm.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A shield (In underglaze blue, with the arms of Austria)
  • '16' (In purple, for the painter Johann Daffinger)
  • 'R' (Impressed, for unknown repairer)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1496-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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