Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Titles
Bagpiper
Maker(s)
Production:
Hannong, Paul Anton
Entities
Categories
Description
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, and gilt
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed and painted in blue (minute amount) green, yellow, pink, flesh-pink, pink, red, reddish-brown, brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilt; base flat and unglazed. The figure is supported on a shallow lozenge-shaped base with an irregular edge. He sits on a four-legged reddish-brown stool with his left leg advanced slightly, holding the white pipes in both hands, and the grey bag under his right arm. He has short brown hair, black eyes and eyebrows and red lips. He wears a white jacket with a design of green stripes and spots and green cuffs, a white collar scattered with red scroll motifs, a yellow waistcoat, pink breeches, white stockings and black shoes with blue bows.A gold line runs round the edges of his collar.
Notes
History note: Purchased from Mr Stoner in London on 25 June 1918 for £18 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 12.7 cm
Height: 5 in
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
18th Century, third quarter
Circa
1751
CE
-
1754
CE
Note
Attributed to Zurich on accession, and reattributed to Paul Hannong in Strasbourg or Frankenthall
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue (minute amount) green, yellow, pink, flesh-pink, pink, red, reddish-brown, brown, grey, and black)
gold
Base
Width 8.1 cm
Width 3 3/16 in
Visible Surfaces
Materials used in production
clear
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed and painted in blue (minute amount) green, yellow, pink, flesh-pink, pink, red, reddish-brown, brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilt; base flat and unglazed.
Inscription or legends present
- Text: Z
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Factory mark
- Text: PH
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Impressed
- Type: Factory mark
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.3225-1928
Primary reference Number: 140266
Old object number: 5039
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
