A Gardener
Original Language TitleKnabe mit Blumentopf
Modeler
Johann Peter Melchior
(German, 1742 - 1825)
Manufacturer
Höchst Ceramics Manufactory
(German, founded 1746)
Date1770-1780
MediumHard-paste porcelain; enamelled and gilded
Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. B. Berkowitz
Object number71-42/2
On View
Not on viewCollections
Published ReferencesKurt Röder and Michel Oppenheim. Das Höchster Porzellan auf der Jahrtausend-Ausstellung in Mainz 1925, exh. cat. (Mainz, Germany: L. Wilckens, 1930): no. 245, p. 52, plate 45a (ill.)
K.H. Esser and Horst Reber, Höchster Fayencen und Porzellane, exh. cat. (Mainz, Germany: Altertumsmuseum und Gemäldegalerie der Stadt Mainz, 1964): no. 425 p. 249 (as a later Earthenware Factory Damm example]
Horst Reber, Höchster Porzellan aus drei Jahrhunderten, exh. cat. (Hohenberg an der Eger, Germany: Museum der Deutschen Porzellanindustrie, 1988): p. 107 (ill., top of page)
Patricia Stahl. Höchster Porzellan, 1746-1796, exh. cat. (Frankfurt am Main: Historisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main/Edition Braus, 1994): no. 6.11.18, p. 279 (ill.)
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