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A map-seller
Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Reinicke, Peter
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow, pale yellow, flesh-pink, pale mauve, dark puce, a little red, reddish-brown, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The figure is supported on a low circular mound base decorated with applied flowers and leaves, and having a tree stump to the left at the back. The map seller stands on his left leg with his right advanced. With his right hand he holds out a map of the British Isles, pained in mauve with a dark puce outlines, and in the lower proper right corner figures of Mercury and Britiannia with a bale of merchandize. Under his left arm he carries a white band box. On his back, slung from his shoulders by yellow straps, he carries a mottled-brown cabinet with nine drawers, on top of which is a black hold-all secured by a broad cream-coloured strap. He wears a black hat with a turned up brim and white ribbon; a blue coat with gold buttons and yellow lining; a white cravat; a reddish-brown waistcoat with black floral pattern and gold buttons; partly hidden by black braces; pale yellow breeches, white stockings and black shoes.
History note: Bought from Heinz Horwitz, Berlin, on 6 December 1933 for £25 by Cecil Vavasseur, 2nd Baron Fisher of Kilverstone (1868-1955); Lord and Lady Fisher
Given by Lord and Lady Fisher through the National Art Collections Fund (now The Art Fund)
Height: 16.9 cm
Width: 10 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1954-01-14) by Fisher, Lord and Lady
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1750
CE
-
1755
CE
This model was one of a series of figures of the Cries of Paris. It was based on the first print of the third set of' 'Etudes prises dans le bas peuple ou les Cris de Paris', issued in 1738, engraved by the Anne Claude Philippe, comte de Caylus (1692-1765) after drawings by Edmé Bouchardon (1689-1762) , now in the British Museum. It is smaller than the first figure modelled by Peter Reinicke and Johann Joachim Kaendler after this engraving in 1744. The earliest record describes the figure as a Tyrolean holding a picture in his hand, because at the time many pedlars were Tyroleans, but several examples hold a map, unusually on this one, a map of the British Isles. Another example is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, inv. C.924-1919.
Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, green, yellow, pink, red, purple, brown, and black) gold
Press-moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, yellowish-green, yellow, pale yellow, flesh-pink, pale mauve, dark puce, a little red, reddish-brown, brown, and black enamels, and gilt
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: scarcely discernable
Accession number: C.26-1954
Primary reference Number: 140189
Old catalogue number: 352
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A map-seller" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140189 Accessed: 2024-12-31 05:51:01
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