Statuette (figure) - Taylor riding on a goat
| Accession Nr.: | 21911 |
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| Artist/Maker: |
Kändler, Johann Joachim (1706 - 1775) / modell |
| Manufacturer: | Meissen porcelain factory |
| Date of production: |
late 18th century
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| Inscription: | alján masszába nyomva: 85; bekarcolva: 171; máz alatt kék kardjegy |
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| Materials: | porcelain |
| Techniques: | painted in polychrome overglaze; painted with underglaze cobalt |
| Dimensions: |
height: 22 cm
length: 14 cm
width: 8 cm
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A tailor, sitting on a goat, holds a pair of scissors in his raised right hand, and the rein in his left. There are two kids in the butt on his back. The greyish-white goat carries a tailor's iron in its mouth. The tailor wears an elegant dress, decorated with flowers, and a hat with a broad rim. His iron-grey hair hangs below the hat, to the shoulders. The elaborate, slightly reserved statuette creates a special atmosphere of humour. Marked on the bottom, under glaze, with the blue mark of the Meissen Porcelain Works. Scratched into the mould: 171, impressed: 85.
Literature
- Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.159. (Katona Imre)
- Nékám Lajosné: Meisseni porcelán a Budapesti Iparművészeti Múzeum gyűjteményében. Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1980. - Nr. 28.
- Dr Wartha Vince: Az agyagipar technológiája. Budapest, 1892. - p. 95., 33. kép
