South Slavonic Policeman or The Well-armed Pandur
Meissen Porcelain Factory
(Factory)
Eberlein, Johann Friedrich
(Modeller)
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, red, brown, cream, grey and black enamels, and gilt. The flat unglazed underside has a small round ventilation hole under the support. The low rounded triangular base has a tree stump at the back, and its top is strewn with applied leaves, two yellow roses, and two blue flowers. The Pandur stands on his left leg with his right advanced and slightly to the side. His left shoulder is forward and he looks towards his left. His left hand rests on his belt, and he grasps a scimitar in his right hand which is extended a little behind him. He has a black moustache, and black short hair, covered by a fur-trimmed, yellow bag-shaped cap. He wears a white coat with blue cuffs and gold buttons, red breeches, and red sandals. A musket is slung across his back by means of a brown strap across his chest. A cream bag hangs on his right side from a black belt, and a scabbard for a dagger on the left. Two brown and grey pistols are attached to the belt at centre front, and a sword in a gold and white scabbard is suspended at his left side by means of a cream strap which passes over his right shoulder.
History note: Purchased by the 2nd Lord Fisher of Kilverstone from Stoner & Evans, London, on 1 May, 1934, for £26
Given by Lord and Lady Fisher through the National Art Collections Fund
Depth: 9 cm
Height: 23 cm
Width: 11.3 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1954-01-14)
by
Fisher, Lord and Lady
Mid 18th Century
Circa
1745
-
1750
The name Pandur is of Serbo-Croation origin and became proverbial in German for brutal soldiery. The figure was Meissn model, no. 407.
Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, red, brown, cream, grey and black) gilding Visible Surfaces composed of glaze ( clear)
Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, red, brown, cream, grey and black enamels, and gilt. The flat unglazed underside has a small round ventilation hole under the support
Inscription present: circular white paper label with serrated edge
Accession number: C.16-1954
Primary reference Number: 140138
Model number: 407
Old object number: 411
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"South Slavonic Policeman or The Well-armed Pandur"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140138 Accessed: 2022-05-23 11:30:02
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Accession Number: HEN.M.202-1933
Accession Number: CM.YG.1557-R
Accession Number: CM.YG.1558-R
Accession Number: PD.22-1981
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