Fisherman: C.2-1954

Titles

Fisherman

Maker(s)

Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller: Kändler, Johann Joachim

Entities

• Figure

Categories

• Hard-paste porcelain

Description

Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in enamels. The fisherman stands on a low white base encrusted with flowers and foliage and is supported at the back by a tall white stump. With his left hand, he holds in front of him the handle of a white fishing net containing several fish, in his right he holds a fish which he has just taken out of the net. He wears a white straw hat with an upturned peak, a white shirt with turned up sleeves, open in the front, and putty coloured trousers rolled up above the knees.

Notes

History note: Bought from J. Rochelle Thomas, London on 18 March 1933, for £14 by Cecil, 2nd Baron Fisher; Lord and Lady Fisher of Kilverstone

Legal notes

Given by Lord and Lady Fisher through the National Art Collections Fund

Place(s) associated

• Meissen ⪼ Saxony ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1954-01-14) by Fisher, Lord and Lady

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Circa 1745 CE - 1750 CE

Note

Model no. 1220 in the Meissen Directory of Models, 1781-1831.