Cook: EC.31-1946

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Cook

Maker(s)

Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller: Kändler, Johann Joachim

Entities

Figure

Description

Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, and gilt

Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, pale and dark brown, grey, and black enamels, and lightly gilt. The unglazed underside has a circular ventilation hold near the back. The approximatelycircular low mound base is decoratied on its top with three groups of applied green leaves and at the front with a blue and yellow flower. At the back there is a square structure of redish-brown bricks which supports the figure. The cook stands on his left foot with his right leg extended to his right side. In his left hand he holds a large dish with a gold edge, containing a raised pie containing mushrooms, and in his right hand holds a mushroom (?). He has brown hair tied back in a black bag with a bow, delicately painted features, a white shirt and coat, black breeches with a gold buckle at the right knee, and black shoes with gold buckles. A gold-handled knife is tucked into an apron draped across his front

Notes

History note: Uncertain before Dr F.R. Cowper-Reed

Legal notes

Dr F.R. Cowper-Reed Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 14.7 cm
Width: 8.6 cm

Place(s) associated

Meissen ⪼ Saxony ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946-12) by Cowper-Reed, F.R., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Circa 1748 - 1750

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, pale and dark brown, grey, and black)
Visible Surfaces composed of glaze ( clear)

Materials used in production

Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, pale and dark brown, grey, and black enamels, and lightly gilt. The unglazed underside has a circular ventilation hold near the back