Swan cane handle | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR59.144
People: Franz Anton Bustelli, German (Locarno, Switzerland 1723 - 1763 Munich, Germany)
Manufactured by Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, German (1747 - )
Title: Swan cane handle
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Stockknopf mit Mannsgesicht Gänßschnabel Facon
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture, figurine
Date: c. 1760
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Nymphenburg
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/223197

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain.

Technique

Mold-made

Dimensions

8.89 cm (3 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

manufacturer's mark: sockel (underneath head of figure) : impressed [shield] [mark of Nymphenburg Manufactory)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Terwilliger, Gift to HUAM, 1959.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Graves Terwilliger
Accession Year: 1959
Object Number: BR59.144
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Animals from Legend and Life in Antique German Porcelain: A Study of Animal Motifs from 1735 to 1835, exh. cat. (Minneapolis, 1977), cat. no. 29, p. 39

Verification Level

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