Gentleman: C.17-1954

Titles

Gentleman

Maker(s)

Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller: Kändler, Johann Joachim

Entities

• Figure

Categories

• Hard-paste porcelain

Description

Hard-paste porcelain figure of a gentleman painted in enamels and gilt

Hard-past porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in green, yellow, red, purple, grey, and black enamels and a little gold. He stands against a broad white stump on a low white square base decorated with applied coloured flowers and foliage. With his right hand he holds his black three cornered hat, which rests on part of the stump, and in his left hand he holds a pair of white gloves. He wears a long white coat with green lining cuffs, gold buttons, and trimmings, and white breeches and long black boots. His black belt is fastened in front with a gold buckle, and from it hangs on the left his gold hilted sword in a brown scabbard. His grey wig is fastened behind with a black ribbons, below which his black perruque hangs down as far as his belt.

Notes

History note: Bought from Hyam & Co, London, on 23 May 23, 1938, for £25 by Cecil Vavasseur Fisher, 2nd Baron Fisher; Lord and Lady Fisher of Kilverstone

Legal notes

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

Place(s) associated

• Meissen ⪼ Saxony ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Circa 1745 - 1750

Note

This figure, originally a falconer, was modelled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein, Johann Gottlieb Ehder and Johann Joachim Kaendler successively in 1744. The gentleman held a falcon on his left wrist.