Group

ca. 1770-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Group of an old man and a peasant girl, hard paste porcelain. The girl wears a white bonnet, white bodice, white skirt with pink stripes and yellow shoes. The old man wears a white coat, yellow waist coat, black breeches, white stockings and black shoes, and carries a black hat in his hand. He is about to kiss the girl. They stand on a moss grown rock.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Group of an old man and a peasant girl, hard paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt; from a model by K. G. Lück, Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, Germany (Frankenthal), ca. 1770-1775
Physical description
Group of an old man and a peasant girl, hard paste porcelain. The girl wears a white bonnet, white bodice, white skirt with pink stripes and yellow shoes. The old man wears a white coat, yellow waist coat, black breeches, white stockings and black shoes, and carries a black hat in his hand. He is about to kiss the girl. They stand on a moss grown rock.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'CTVIII' in monogram, under a crown, in underglaze blue
  • 'MO' in gold (For Michael Offenstein (the name of the asssembler))
  • 'S. Z' or 'S.3' incised
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.987-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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