A porter
Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Kändler, Johann Joachim
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, mauve, red, buff, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The unglazed underside has a small blocked ventilation hole near viewer's back left corner. The rounded square low mound base has a tree stump support in the back left corner, and is decorated on top with applied leaves, a red and white flower, and a blue flower with yellow centre. The porter steps forward onto his right foot and has his left behind him. He looks towards his right, holding out his right hand in front, and grasping the top of a walking stick in his left hand. He has red lips, and curling black hair which is shoulder length at the back, and is partially covered by a black tricorne hat with two short gold straps and a button on its left side. He wears a white shirt, a mauve coat with gold buttons, yellow breeches, white stockings and black shoes with gold buckles. Slung on his back by means of two buff straps over his shoulders, is a brown wooden rack containing a rectangular black parcel with white cords, and an oval buff-coloured box.
History note: Purchased from Heinz Horwitz, Berlin on 11 February 1933, for £25 by Cecil, 2nd Baron Fisher; Lord and Lady Fisher of Kilverstone
Given by Lord and Lady Fisher through the National Art Collections Fund
Depth: 9 cm
Height: 18.8 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1954-01-14) by Fisher, Lord and Lady
18th Century, Mid
Production date:
circa
AD 1747
This figure was one of a series illustrating the 'Cries of Paris'. It was probably modelled by J.J. Kaendler after 'Le Crocheteur' (porter), plate 9 in the first set of 'Etudes 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), published in 1737. In the print, the porter has a short stick in his hand. An example of the print remains in the Meissen archive, VA 6544. The original drawing is in the British Museum. Meissen model no. 1030.
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, mauve, red, buff, brown, and black)
gold
Visible Surfaces
composed of
glaze
( clear)
Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, mauve, red, buff, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The unglazed underside has a small blocked ventilation hole near viewer's back left corner
Inscription present: circular white paper label with scalloped edge
Accession number: C.28-1954
Primary reference Number: 140193
Model number: 1030
Old catalogue number: 362
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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