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Cheesemonger: C.3179B-1928

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Cheesemonger

Maker(s)

Factory: Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory
Modeller: Bustelli, Franz Anton

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Description

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.

Notes

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

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 17 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Nymphenburg ⪼ Bavaria ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
Circa 1755 CE - 1765 CE

Note

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.

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

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.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3179B-1928
Primary reference Number: 140236
Old object number: 5007b
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 28 February 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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