The Muse Erato
Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Kändler, Johann Joachim
Hard-paste porcelian, painted in polychrome enamels
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in two shades of green, yellow, flesh pink, dark pink, red, a little purple, brown, grey, and black enamels, and lightly gilt. The flat underside is unglazed and has a round ventilation hole in the middle. The circular low mound base rises up into a rock in the centre and at the back has a tall laurel tree with seven short branches bearing green leaves and black berries. The back of the rock is inscribed 'Erato'. The ground and rock are strewn with applied green leaes and yellow, red and white and purple and white flowers. The Erato sits on the rock with her left leg over her right. Her head is turned slightly to her left, and she holds a violin in her left hand and a bow in her right. On her left knee she balances a music book with a red binding. She has a wreath of leaves and yellow flowers over her grey hair, and wears a white, sleeved tunic, which reveals her right bosom, a yellow sash, and a green cloak with a grey floral pattern, lined with dark pink and edged by a gold line. A hurdy-gurdy lies on the base to her left and a few sheets of white parchment to her right.
History note: Purchased at a shop in Brighton in a road leading to Kemp Town on 23 September 1920 for £215.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest, 1928
Height: 26 cm
Width: 18 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
Production date:
circa
AD 1745
The Taxa recording Kaendler's overtime work includes in November 1744, a model of Erato playing a violin seated beneath a laurel tree accompanied by Cupid for Friedrich II, King of Prussia.
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( two shades of green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, red, a little purple, brown, grey, and black)
gold
Visible Surfaces
composed of
glaze
Base
Diameter 14 cm
Details
Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in two shades of green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, red, a little purple, brown, grey, and black enamels, and lightly gilt
Inscription present: script E
Accession number: C.3172-1928
Primary reference Number: 140233
Old object number: 3964
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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