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Mezzetin from the Italian Comedy
Factory:
Unknown
Modeller:
Reinicke, Peter
(After)
White-salt-glazed stoneware painted in enamels
White salt-glazed stoneware painted in blue, green, pink, brown grey, and black enamels. The figure stands on a roughly oval base with a tree stump at the back, and a spray of green foliage at the front. Mezzetin stands on his left leg with his right leg extended behind him. His left hand hangs down and his right is extended towards the viewer. He wears a loose brown cap, a white frill round his neck, a blue jacket, brown breeches and black shoes. A bright pink cloak passes over his left shoulder and arm, and is wrapped around him.
History note: J.Henry Griffith Collection, 336 Hagley Road, Birmingham; Frank Stoner, London, from whom purchased on 5 October 1925 for £203
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 11.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
Circa
1755
CE
-
1760
CE
The Meissen prototype for this figure was modelled by Peter Reinicke after an engraving by François Joullain (1797-1778) in Luigi Riccoboni's 'Histoire du théâtre italien', I, Paris, 1728, pl. 13, 'Habit de Mezzetin'. It was one of a set of Italian Comedy characters made for Johann Adolph II, Duke of Weissenfels in 1743-44.
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, green, pink, grey, and black)
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Press-moulding
: Press-moulded stoneware, salt-glazed, and painted in blue, green, pink, grey, and black enamels
Salt-glazing
Accession number: C.815-1928
Primary reference Number: 76146
Old object number: 4831
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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