Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Titles
Bust of Christoph Friedrich Nicolai (1733-1811)
Maker(s)
Factory:
Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory
Modeller:
Rombrich, Johann Christof
Entities
Categories
Description
Hard-paste buscuit porcelain bust supported on a circular socle and square pedestal with moulded edgs which are both glazed. The socle is decorated with slanting gold lines and a broad band round its base, and the pedestal has gold lines on the edges of the moulding. The back of the bust is inscribed in impressed lettering: 'F. NICOLAI./No I
Notes
History note: Unknown before Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Legal notes
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Measurements and weight
Height: 16 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1932-10)
by
Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Dating
18th Century, Late
Production date:
after
AD 1785
: first issued in 1785
Note
This bust was modelled by Johann Christof Rombrich (d. 1794) after a plaster bust which had been sent by Nicolai to Lessing with the information that it had been taken from a life mask.
School or Style
Neoclassical
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Socle And Pedestal
composed of
glaze
( clear)
Decoration
composed of
gold
Base
Depth 5 cm
Width 5 cm
Materials used in production
Hard-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Hard-paste biscuit porcelain bust, with glazed porcelain socle and pedestal with gilded edges
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: script
- Text: F
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Painted in blue
- Type: Factory mark
- Text: W
- Location: On back of bust above name
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Mark
- Text: l
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Incised and ? gilded
- Type: Incised mark
- Text: W/F NICOLAI/No. 1
- Location: Back of bust
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.199-1932
Primary reference Number: 140158
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 11 October 2016
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
