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Cheesemonger
Factory:
Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Bustelli, Franz Anton
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in lime green, yellow, pinkish-red, pale brown, dark brown, and black enamels, and gilt; the closed underside is unglazed and has a circular ventilation hold in the middle. The flat oval base has a shallow scroll at the front and two inward scrolls at the viewer's right end. The slender cheesemonger is seated on a rectangular brown wooden chest with his left leg advanced and his right behind him. He turns to his left, and rests his left hand on two small yellow and brown cheeses on the chest. A wedge of yellow cheese stands beside them. In his right hand he holds what was probably a knife but has no blade. On the ground between his feet there is a wooden plate-like object and to his left, a ball and chain attached to the chest. He has pale brown hair and features, and wears a green hat, a pinkish-red vest, a white jacket with gold buttons, black breeches with green bows at the knees, and black boots. A gold line runs round the edge of the base.
History note: Purchased from Mr George Stoner, London, on 18 June 1917 for £100 with the female figure by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 17 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter
Circa
1755
CE
-
1765
CE
This is one of several street traders modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli in 1755 and may have been made at Neudeck between 1755-60 or after the factory moved to Nymphenburg in 1761.
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( lime green, yellow, pinkish-red, pale brown, dark brown, and black)
gold
Visible Area
composed of
glaze
Base
Width 12 cm
Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in lime green, yellow, pinkish-red, pale brown, dark brown, and black enamels, and gilt; the closed underside is unglazed and has a circular ventilation hold in the middle.
Accession number: C.3179B-1928
Primary reference Number: 140236
Old object number: 5007b
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Cheesemonger" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140236 Accessed: 2024-12-31 23:26:34
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