Bagpiper
Production: Hannong, Paul Anton
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.
History note: Purchased from Mr Stoner in London on 25 June 1918 for £18 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 12.7 cm
Height: 5 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter
Circa
1751
CE
-
1754
CE
Attributed to Zurich on accession, and reattributed to Paul Hannong in Strasbourg or Frankenthall
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
clear
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
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.
Accession number: C.3225-1928
Primary reference Number: 140266
Old object number: 5039
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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