Cheesemonger, modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli

An image of Cheesemonger. Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, Bavaria. Bustelli, Franz Anton, modeller (Swiss, 1723-1763). Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in enamels and gilt; the closed underside is unglazed and has a circular ventilation hold in the middle. Height, whole, 17 cm, width, base, 12 cm, circa 1755-1765. Rococo. Production Note: This is one of several street traders modelled by Bustelli in 1755 and may have been made at Neudeck between 1755-60 or after the factory moved to Nymphenburg in 1761.

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Cheesemonger. Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, Bavaria. Bustelli, Franz Anton, modeller (Swiss, 1723-1763). Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in enamels and gilt; the closed underside is unglazed and has a circular ventilation hold in the middle. Height, whole, 17 cm, width, base, 12 cm, circa 1755-1765. Rococo. Production Note: This is one of several street traders modelled by Bustelli in 1755 and may have been made at Neudeck between 1755-60 or after the factory moved to Nymphenburg in 1761.

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Accession Number: C.3179B-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 635 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 113.01kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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