Farmer at the Dovecote

Original Language TitleBauer am Taubenschlag

Modeler Simon Feilner (German, 1726 - 1798)

Manufacturer Höchst Ceramics Manufactory (German, founded 1746)

Dateca. 1753

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (26.67 × 19.05 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. B. Berkowitz

Object number70-18/7

Markingson bottom: blue wheel mark

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionBirdhouse on left on mound of grass and rocks, man on right next to tree stump Birdhouse, white with red trim; three open windows each containing bird - one with wings opened. Man in black hat with tan band, white with orange striped pants and light grey jacket with red dots. Man feeding birds from bowl with food held in left hand. On shaped green base.Provenance

Provenance

Caroline Newman Newburger Berkowitz (1899–1997), Kansas City, MO, by June 25, 1970 [1];

Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1970 [2].

NOTES:

[1] Caroline Berkowitz married Eugene Bertram Berkowitz (1889-1966) in 1922, the year after graduating from Smith College, establishing a likely beginning date for the beginning of her collecting interests. Laura R. Hockaday, “Berkowitz matriarch believes in putting family first,” Kansas City Star (January 12, 1992): H4.

[2] Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Curatorial Files.

Published References

Kurt Röder and Michel Oppenheim. Das Höchster Porzellan auf der Jahrtausend-Ausstellung in Mainz 1925, exh. cat. (Mainz, Germany: L. Wilckens, 1930): no. 31, p. 18 (ill. pl. 7 fig. E)

K.H. Esser and Horst Reber, Höchster Fayencen und Porzellane, exh. cat. (Mainz, Germany: Altertumsmuseum und Gemäldegalerie der Stadt Mainz, 1964): no. 50, p. 35 (ill.)

Patricia Stahl. Höchster Porzellan, 1746-1796, exh. cat. (Frankfurt am Main: Historisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main/Edition Braus, 1994): no. 6.2.6, p. 193 (ill.)

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