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Model church: C.3198-1928

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory

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Description

Hard-paste porcelain, painted overglaze in blue, pale pink, and brownish-red enamels. A model of a late seventeenth century style church with an oblong nave with a door and three windows on one side, and three windows on the other side; a sloping roof with three dormer window on each side; a semi-octagonal apse with three windows on the east end; and at the west end, a tower with an octagonal open belfry and a ball finial (replacement).The tower has a circular opening on one side and a rectangular opening on the other (for the insertion of a watch?). The belfry and finial are blue, the roof is reddish-brown, and the frames of the windows, angles, and lower edge are pink.

Notes

History note: Basnett (or Barnett) Bros. 35 Brook Street, Bond Street, London, from whom purchased for £6 on 12 November 1928 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 28 cm
Length: 20.2 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Meissen ⪼ Saxony ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Circa 1745 - 1765

Note

Identified as Dresden when purchased in 1928, but described as of undetermined origin in Rackham's Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection in 1935. The church resembles two Meissen models of churches in late seventeenth century style, one without windows in the roof, and one with. The original model was made by Johann Gottlieb Ehder in 1743 for Heinrich Graf von Brühl.

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( pink, brownish-red, blue)
Base Length 19.5 cm Width 9 cm
Roof Width 9.5 cm
Visible Surface

Materials used in production

clear Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, pale pink, and brownish-red enamels.

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper label with cut corners and black line round the edge

  • Text: 5108/Model of a church/with a red roof/the upper portion/of the tower being/green[sic]. Dresden/porcelain/b. in London/Nov 12 1928
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3198-1928
Primary reference Number: 74487
Old object number: 5108
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 21 November 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 19 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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