Current Location: In storage
Titles
Puclinello or Gobbino
Maker(s)
Factory:
Capodimonte Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Gricci, Giuseppe, modeller
(Probably)
Entities
Categories
Description
Glazed soft-paste porcelain
Creamy-white soft-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and glazed, including most of the underside. The figure stands on a roughly rectangular base with a tree stump on the viewer’s left behind the figure. Pulcinello, stands on his right foot with the left leg relaxed at the knee and the foot extended to the side. His head is turned slightly to his right. His right arm is raised to touch his hat and his left arm is behind his back. He wears a pointed hat with a wide brim, a jacket with a hump at the back, a peascod belly with buttons, and a short basque; knee-length breeches with a bow at each knee, and shoes with low heels.
Notes
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louis) Dickson
Legal notes
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Measurements and weight
Height: 12 cm
Width: 4.8 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Capodimonte
⪼ Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
⪼ Italy
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1950-09)
by
Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Dating
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1750
CE
-
1755
CE
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Materials used in production
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Creamy-white soft-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and glazed
Glazing
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.64-1950
Primary reference Number: 140341
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 23 May 2017
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
