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Beggar Woman with a Bagpipe: FL.358-1955

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Beggar Woman with a Bagpipe

Maker(s)

Production: Meissen Porcelain Factory (Saxony)
Modeller: Kändler, Johann Joachim

Entities

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Description

Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt

Legal notes

Lent by Lord Fisher

Place(s) associated

  • Meissen ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1955) by Fisher, Lord

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1750

Materials used in production

Gilt
Enamel
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Gilt
Enamelling

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: faint

  • Text: crossed swords
  • Method of creation: In blue
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: '33'
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Number

Identification numbers

Accession number: FL.358-1955
Primary reference Number: 140460

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 2 October 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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