Cook
Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Kändler, Johann Joachim
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, and gilt
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, pale and dark brown, grey, and black enamels, and lightly gilt. The unglazed underside has a circular ventilation hold near the back. The approximatelycircular low mound base is decoratied on its top with three groups of applied green leaves and at the front with a blue and yellow flower. At the back there is a square structure of redish-brown bricks which supports the figure. The cook stands on his left foot with his right leg extended to his right side. In his left hand he holds a large dish with a gold edge, containing a raised pie containing mushrooms, and in his right hand holds a mushroom (?). He has brown hair tied back in a black bag with a bow, delicately painted features, a white shirt and coat, black breeches with a gold buckle at the right knee, and black shoes with gold buckles. A gold-handled knife is tucked into an apron draped across his front
History note: Uncertain before Dr F.R. Cowper-Reed
Dr F.R. Cowper-Reed Bequest
Height: 14.7 cm
Width: 8.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946-12) by Cowper-Reed, F.R., Dr
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1748
-
1750
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, pale and dark brown, grey, and black)
Visible Surfaces
composed of
glaze
( clear)
Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, pale and dark brown, grey, and black enamels, and lightly gilt. The unglazed underside has a circular ventilation hold near the back
Accession number: EC.31-1946
Primary reference Number: 140424
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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