A Boy Reading
Original Language TitleLesender Knabe
Modeler
Johann Peter Melchior
(German, 1742 - 1825)
Manufacturer
Höchst Ceramics Manufactory
(German, founded 1746)
Date1775-1780
MediumHard-paste porcelain; enamelled and gilded
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 inches (16.51 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. B. Berkowitz
Object number70-18/3
Markingson underside of base: blue wheel mark
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DescriptionYoung boy leaning on tree stump reading music held in left hand. Dressed in pink with print coat, yellow with green dots knee pants, black hat with large white feathers. Holding white cloth on stump with right hand. Small white dog (spaniel?) sitting at his feet. On green shaped base. Modeled by Johann Peter Melchior (act. 1767-1779).Published ReferencesKurt Röder and Michel Oppenheim. Das Höchster Porzellan auf der Jahrtausend-Ausstellung in Mainz 1925, exh. cat. (Mainz, Germany: L. Wilckens, 1930): no. 467, p. 79; plate 81c (ill.).
K.H. Esser and Horst Reber, Höchster Fayencen und Porzellane, exh. cat. (Mainz, Germany: Altertumsmuseum und Gemäldegalerie der Stadt Mainz, 1964): no. 183, p. 117 (with Lesendes Mädchen).
Patricia Stahl. Höchster Porzellan, 1746-1796, exh. cat. (Frankfurt am Main: Historisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main/Edition Braus, 1994): no. 6.2.16, p. 199 (ill.)
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