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Male Cook
Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Kändler, Johann Joachim
(Probably)
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in enamels.The cook is seated on a reddish-brown brick pier, on a reddish-brown tiled base. With his left hand he holds up a black uncooked ham, in his right hand he holds a red bowl. He wears a white wig, fastened at the back with a black bow, and a white frilled shirt. Over this he wears a white double breasted coat with white buttons and frilled cuffs, open at the beck and split at the back. Over the coat, he wears a white apron, from which protrudes the black and gold handle of a knife. He also wears blue breeches with gold buttons, white stockings, and black shoes with gold buckles. A pair with a female cook (C.8-1954)
History note: Bought from Willy Lissauer, Berlin, on 5 May, 1933, for £40 by Cecil Vavasseur, 2nd Baron Fisher (1868-1955); Lord and Lady Fisher of Kilverstone
Given by Lord and Lady Fisher through the National Art Collections Fund
Height: 18 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1954-01-14) by Fisher, Lord and Lady
18th Century, Mid
Production date:
circa
AD 1750
Modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler
Decoration
composed of
enamel
gold
Surface
composed of
glaze
Accession number: C.7-1954
Primary reference Number: 140356
Old object number: 382
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: CM.85-1966
Accession Number: CM.4.43-1922
Accession Number: P.14195-R
Accession Number: CM.47-1962
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