1592970582000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-140424 1747246366789 1711380352000 1747245848890 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-140424 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140424 095f14fd-6d2a-3130-84fd-894e95550897 7 person reference agent-29747 adlib-agent-29747 cafb4c33-d79b-304e-8a29-249652ddb2a2 cook reference term-37627 adlib-term-37627 254febfe-0021-3e45-89a7-d57ba40044c7 hard-paste porcelain blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, pale and dark brown, grey, and black reference term-32638 adlib-term-32638 97b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2b enamel Decoration in blue, green, yellow, flesh-pink, pale and dark brown, grey, and black enamels reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting reference term-28681 adlib-term-28681 c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559 gilding clear reference term-32652 adlib-term-32652 82d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7be glaze Visible Surfaces clear reference term-27616 adlib-term-27616 61e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987 glazing (coating) Applied Arts 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 EC.31-1946 1 accession number EC.31-1946 140424 priref 140424 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140424 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140424 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Dr F.R. Cowper-Reed Bequest reference agent-166358 adlib-agent-166358 1e795149-7ec4-3347-a92a-5101e408b701 Cowper-Reed, F.R., Dr 1946 1912 1946-12 bequeathed 1748 1748 1748 circa 1748 1750 1 1750 1750 1750 factory reference agent-163301 adlib-agent-163301 e48ba156-d9ec-3938-a33c-5360794eb376 Meissen Porcelain Factory modeller reference agent-70199 adlib-agent-70199 1a5ab113-688c-3728-9988-60f96aea73bc Kändler, Johann Joachim reference term-106451 adlib-term-106451 9cdfd62c-ee07-3884-ae08-c797aad08631 18th Century, Mid reference term-110409 adlib-term-110409 2040047c-eefc-3538-8b3d-60185614825b literal Germany Germany country literal Saxony Saxony region Germany was not a unified state at this date Meissen reference term-37627 adlib-term-37627 254febfe-0021-3e45-89a7-d57ba40044c7 hard-paste porcelain Height cm 14.7 Width cm 8.6 reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure history note uncertain before Dr F.R. Cowper-Reed reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-6624 adlib-publication-6624 d79d700b-31fc-3c43-9475-9f9a88cc651e Meissen Figures 1730-1775 The Kaendler Period Cf. pp. 201, no. 47 a standing cook, illustrated on pp. 202-03. Modelled by Kaendler, 1747. Meissen model no. 864. The author cites Kaendler's work report for July 1747, translated as 'A figure in the shape of a cook modelled in clay for the Prince of Dessau. He is depicted in a white jacket with a wrap around apron, as he carries a pie in a bowl. Models vary in what the cook has in his bowl, and another model holds pretzels in a dish, see pp. 204-05, no. 48, illustrated on p. 204. 201-03 reference publication-8938 adlib-publication-8938 d5969324-cd56-33a3-bc3e-5d8a68b47881 All Walks of Life: a Journey with the Alan Shimmerman Collection. Meissen Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo reference term-107308 adlib-term-107308 bea03eb2-e6f4-3d9f-a854-568208a7a54f cooking

reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure

figure 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 reference term-120085 adlib-term-120085 68c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714 press-moulding object OBJECT