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The Bird Catcher
Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Kändler, Johann Joachim
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, red, flesh-pink, grey, reddish-brown, brown, and black enamels. The birdcatcher stands in front of a white tree stump on a low white base with applied large coloured flowers and foliage. His left knee is bent, and in front of him, he carries a large brown bird cage, slung by a strap passing over his left shoulder and round his waist. The cage has two white perches, and on the floor sits a white bird. In his left hand, he holdsup a brown bird with black head and tail. He wears a wide drab-coloured hat caught up in front with a gold stud, a white cravat trailing away to his left, with a full black coat open at the neck to show the yellow lining, and a slit up the back and wrists to show the frilled sleeves on his shirts. He also wears reddish-brown breeches, white stockings, and black shoes.
History note: Bought from Willy Lissauer, Berlin, on 28 March 1933, for £40 by Cecil, 2nd Baron Fisher; Lord and Lady Fisher of Kilverstone
Given by Lord and Lady Fisher through the National Art Collections Fund
Height: 21.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1954-01-14) by Fisher, Lord and Lady
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1745
CE
-
1750
CE
Model no. 357 in the Meissen Directory of Models 1730-1831, transcription, after 1900. Modelled by Kaendler in 1742. The model was listed as the 125th in Kaendler's Taxa (list of models made in overtime from late 1739 to end of 1746).
Decorataion
composed of
enamel
( blue, green, yellow, red, flesh-pink, pale greyish-brown, , brown, grey and black)
Surface
composed of
glaze
Decoration
composed of
gold
Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, red, flesh-pink, grey, reddish-brown, brown, and black enamels
Accession number: C.4-1954
Primary reference Number: 140289
Old object number: 369
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Bird Catcher" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140289 Accessed: 2024-11-05 21:03:48
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