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Peasant sowing Corn
Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Kändler, Johann Joachim
Hard-paste porcelain painted in blue, green, pale yellow, flesh pink, red, brown, grey, and black enamels and a little gold. The peasant strides along scattering corn with his right hand, supported by a large white sack of corn by his right side, in front of which stands another small sack, on a low white circular based tinged with green and yellow. With his left hand he supports seed corn lying in a thick white cloth, slung over his left shoulder and under his right arm, knotted behind him.
He wears a black three cornered hat over his long grey hair, a sleeveless red-lined waistcoat, a white shirt, pale yellow breeches, white stockings, and black shoes with gold buckles.
History note: Bought from Albert Amor, London on 30 May 1935 for £10 by Cecil, 2nd Baron Fisher; Lord and Lady Fisher of Kilverstone
Given by Lord and Lady Fisher through the National Art Collections Fund
Height: 21.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1954-01-14) by Fisher, Lord and Lady
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1745
-
1750
This figure of a farmer sowing grain was modelled by Peter Reinicke and Johann Joachim Kaendler in June 1744.
Decoration
composed of
gold
( on shoe buckle)
enamels
Surface
composed of
glaze
Inscription present: scarcely discernable
Accession number: C.13-1954
Primary reference Number: 140118
Old object number: 405
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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