Fisherman
Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Kändler, Johann Joachim
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in enamels. The fisherman stands on a low white base encrusted with flowers and foliage and is supported at the back by a tall white stump. With his left hand, he holds in front of him the handle of a white fishing net containing several fish, in his right he holds a fish which he has just taken out of the net. He wears a white straw hat with an upturned peak, a white shirt with turned up sleeves, open in the front, and putty coloured trousers rolled up above the knees.
History note: Bought from J. Rochelle Thomas, London on 18 March 1933, for £14 by Cecil, 2nd Baron Fisher; Lord and Lady Fisher of Kilverstone
Given by Lord and Lady Fisher through the National Art Collections Fund
Height: 19.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1954-01-14) by Fisher, Lord and Lady
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1745
CE
-
1750
CE
Model no. 1220 in the Meissen Directory of Models, 1781-1831.
Decoration
Enamels
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.2-1954
Primary reference Number: 140174
Old object number: 365
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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