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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR59.150
People
Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
Designed by Johann Joachim Kändler, German (Fischbach 1706-1775 Meissen)
Title
Coppersmith
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
figurine, sculpture
Date
c. 1750
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223225

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1510, Modern and Contemporary Art, Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
19 x 10 x 11 cm (7 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: back of base, tree stump, underglaze blue: [crossed swords]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Pflueger, New York, NY, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1959

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Pflueger
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
BR59.150
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Francesca Casadio, Anikó Bezur, Kelly Domoney, Katherine Eremin, Lynn Lee, Jennifer Mass, Andrew Shortland, and Nicholas Zumbulyadis, "X-ray fluorescence applied to overglaze enamel decoration on eighteenth- and nineteenth century porcelain from central Europe", Studies in Conservation (London, 2012), 57, 61-72.

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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