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Wine Cooler

1866 (made)
Artist/Maker
Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur Berlin (manufacturer)
Mantel, Julius Wilhelm (designer)
Place of origin
Berlin (made)

A sculptural wine cooler in white, partially glazed biscuit porcelain, with modelling in the form of merfolk on each side and a central dolphin mask back and front. It rests on a black stand with four feet.

Object details

Categories
Ph-Survey
Ceramics
Porcelain
Drinking
Object type
Wine cooler
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Stand
  • Wine Cooler
Materials and techniques
Partially glazed biscuit porcelain
Porcelain
Biscuit
Glazed
Brief description
Partially-glazed biscuit porcelain wine cooler by Julius Wilhelm Mantel, made by the Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin, 1866. On wooden stand.
Physical description
A sculptural wine cooler in white, partially glazed biscuit porcelain, with modelling in the form of merfolk on each side and a central dolphin mask back and front. It rests on a black stand with four feet.
Gallery label
(1987-2006)
'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'

Julius Wilhem Mantel (1820-1896) was chief sculptor and modeller to the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin from 1841 to 1884. He was a pupil of Karl and Ludwig Wichmann, supporters of the neo-classical tradition which lingered on in Berlin longer than anywhere else in Western Europe. In the 1860s the factory's director, Georg Kolbe, began to turn towards the Renaissance style, particularly for large ornamental pieces, which "most closely belong in the sphere of fine art". This is apparent here in the merfolk and dolphin masks and the generally sculptural nature of the piece.
Credit line
Given by H. M. Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851
Object history
In the 1860s the director of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin, Georg Kolbe, began to turn towards the Renaissance style, particularly for large ornamental pieces, which "most closely belong in the sphere of fine art". This is apparent here in the merfolk and dolphin masks and the generally sculptural nature of the piece.
Historical context
Julius Wilhem Mantel (1820-1896) was chief sculptor and modeller to the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin from 1841 to 1884. He was a pupil of Karl and Ludwig Wichmann, supporters of the neo-classical tradition which lingered on in Berlin longer than anywhere else in Western Europe.
Subjects depicted
Dolphin
Mermaid
Other number
HMC.4 - H.M.C. Loan no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
MISC.123&A-1921

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Record createdApril 4, 2000
Record URL
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