Paris as a Shepherd
Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Scheurich, Paul
Hard-paste porcelain figure of Paris leaning on a treestump sparsely painted in enamels
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed and painted in greyish-green, a little yellow, tanned flesh, dull mauve, and black enamels. The underside of the base is concave with a blunted conical support in the centre, and a ventilating hole in the back right corner. It is glazed, except for the wide flat edge. The shallow square base is topped by a smaller square area with grey-green foliage on the two front corners, and a tall, forked tree stump in the back right corner. Paris stands with his left foot advanced, leaning on the stump, and holding in both hands the handle of a staff which is missing. He has long black curly hair, and is naked apart from a dull mauve hat with two pale yellow feathers tucked into its brim His pipes attached to a mauve strap lie on the ground at the base of the tree stump.
History note: M. Marcussen, London
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 35.2 cm
Height: 14 in
Width: 15.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1956-04-26) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
20th Century, Early
Circa
1919
-
1923
Modelled in 1918 or 1919 and made with model num ber F276 until 1923 when re-numbered A 1014
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( in tanned flesh, greyish-dark green, dull mauve, and black)
Base
Depth 14.3 cm
Depth 5 3/4 in
Width 15.2 cm
Width 6 in
Moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed and painted in tanned flesh, greyish-dark green, two shades of dull mauve, and black enamels
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: crossed swords
Accession number: C.4-1956
Primary reference Number: 140290
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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