A knife seller, Meissen Factory

An image of A knife seller. Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. Kaendler, Johann Joachim, modeller, derived from (German, 1706-1775). Reinicke, Peter, modeller, derived from (German, 1715-1768). Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in enamels, and gilt. The flat underside is unglazed and has a small circular ventilation hole near the back. Height, whole, 18.7 cm, width, whole, 10 cm, depth, whole, 9 cm, circa 1745-1750. Production Note: This figure is Meissen model no. 965 which was modelled after 'Des Couteaux, des Cizeaux, des Peignes', the third print of the fourth set of prints entitled 'Études prises dans le bas Peuple ou les Cris de Paris' engraved by the comte de Caylus (1692-1765) after drawings by Edmé Bouchardon (1689-1762), and published in 1742. The figure's stance is transposed from the engraving.

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A knife seller. Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. Kaendler, Johann Joachim, modeller, derived from (German, 1706-1775). Reinicke, Peter, modeller, derived from (German, 1715-1768). Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in enamels, and gilt. The flat underside is unglazed and has a small circular ventilation hole near the back. Height, whole, 18.7 cm, width, whole, 10 cm, depth, whole, 9 cm, circa 1745-1750. Production Note: This figure is Meissen model no. 965 which was modelled after 'Des Couteaux, des Cizeaux, des Peignes', the third print of the fourth set of prints entitled 'Études prises dans le bas Peuple ou les Cris de Paris' engraved by the comte de Caylus (1692-1765) after drawings by Edmé Bouchardon (1689-1762), and published in 1742. The figure's stance is transposed from the engraving.

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Accession Number: C.31-1954
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 591 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 99.14kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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18th Century Artist/Maker Date Department Edme Bouchardon Fitz_AA German Johann Joachim Kaendler Material Medium Meissen Porcelain Factory Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Peter Reinicke Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd cases ceramics clothes clothing coat costume enamel enamelled fashion figure figurine frock coat gilded gilt glazed grey hair grey haired hard-paste porcelain hats knife male moulded overcoat overglaze painted polychrome porcelain press moulded scissors seller selling spectacles stockings street seller studio ceramics trade traders trading tricorn tricorne vendor

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