A Turk taking Coffee
Factory:
Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Bustelli, Franz Anton
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and glazed; the unglazed underside has two large circular ventilation holes in the middle, and has been coated with brownish-yellow varnish. The shallow base has an asymmetrically scrolled outline and rises up into a seat and a scroll on the left which forms a table on which is a tea bowl and saucer. The Turk is seated on his right hip with both legs sloping to his left, his left arm bent and held out to his right, and his head turned sharply over his left shoulder towards the viewer. He holds the coffee cup in his right hand and leans on his right forearm on the scroll table. He has a very slender pigtail, and a moustache, and wears a skull cap, a high-necked coat with buttons down the front and scalloped edges to the sleeves and lower edge, voluminous trousers gathered at the ankle, and pointed slippers. The top of the base is applied with small flowers and leaves, at the back, between his feet, and to his right.
History note: H.E. Backer, London; purchased with the Dr F.R. Cowper Reed Fund
Purchased with the Dr F.R. Cowper Reed Bequest Fund
Height: 12.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1950) by Backer, H.E.
18th Century, third quarter
Max III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
Circa
1756
CE
-
1760
CE
Accessioned as a Chinaman, but the model was referred to in the factory's records in 1756 as a Turk, and in an inventory of models in 1760 as a Turk drinking coffee (Türkh, so Caffèe trünkhet'.
Base
composed of
varnish
( possibly shellac)
Length 14 cm
Parts
Press-moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and glazed; the unglazed underside has two large circular ventilation holes in the middle, and has been coated with brownish-yellow varnish
Glazing
Accession number: C.7-1950
Primary reference Number: 140355
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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