Fleisherfrau
Figure
ca. 1759-67 (made)
ca. 1759-67 (made)
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Figure of a woman selling meat in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. She wears a white bodice and dress, a white and flowered apron and a white cap. On her bare feet are red slippers. She carries a dish of sausages under her right arm with her apron caught up below it, and in her left hand she carries a string of entrails. On a trestle behind her is a tray with a butcher's chopper in it.
Object details
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| Title | <i>Fleisherfrau</I> |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure of a woman selling meat, hard-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, modelled by J. Nees; Germany, Ludwigsburg porcelain factory, Ludwigsburg, ca. 1759-67. |
| Physical description | Figure of a woman selling meat in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. She wears a white bodice and dress, a white and flowered apron and a white cap. On her bare feet are red slippers. She carries a dish of sausages under her right arm with her apron caught up below it, and in her left hand she carries a string of entrails. On a trestle behind her is a tray with a butcher's chopper in it. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Interlaced 'C's' under a crown (In blue) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
| Production | Modelled by the Swiss modeller Joseph Nees, who was at Ludwigsburg between 1759 and 1767. |
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| Accession number | C.1613-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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