Seated Male Cook: C.7-1954

Titles

Seated Male Cook

Maker(s)

Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller: Kändler, Johann Joachim (Probably)
Modeller: Eberlein, Johann Friedrich (Possibly)

Entities

• Figure

Categories

• Hard-paste porcelain

Description

Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in blue, flesh, red, reddish-brown, and black enamels, and gilded

Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, flesh-pink, red, reddish-brown, and black enamels, and gilded. The cook is seated on a reddish-brown brick pier, on a reddish-brown tiled base. With his left hand he holds up a black uncooked ham, in his right hand he holds a red bowl. He wears a white wig, fastened at the back with a black bow, and a white frilled shirt. Over this he wears a white double breasted coat with white buttons and frilled cuffs, open at the beck and split at the back. Over the coat, he wears a white apron, from which protrudes the black and gold handle of a knife. He also wears blue breeches with gold buttons, white stockings, and black shoes with gold buckles. A pair with a female cook (C.8-1954)

Notes

History note: Bought from Willy Lissauer, Berlin, on 5 May, 1933, for £40 by Cecil, 2nd Baron Fisher (1868-1955); Lord and Lady Fisher of Kilverstone

Legal notes

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

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Circa 1750 CE - 1760 CE

Note

This figure of a seated cook was paired with a seated female cook holding up a larded hare (see C. 8-1954). They were modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706-1775), and probably also by J.F. Eberlein (1695-1749), c. 1750. The male cook was Meissen model number 1300.