A Boy with a Bird's Nest
Original Language TitleKnabe mit Vogelnest
Modeler
Johann Peter Melchior
(German, 1742 - 1825)
Artist After
Gottlieb Leberecht Crusius
(German, 1730 - 1804)
Manufacturer
Höchst Ceramics Manufactory
(German, founded 1746)
Date1760-1765
MediumHard-paste porcelain; enamelled and gilded
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. B. Berkowitz
Object number70-18/10
Markingsblue wheel mark with cross
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DescriptionYoung boy in grey coat with red, white and grey striped pants and vest with light yellow scarf at neck. Holding in left hand a black hat containing a nest of baby bird. Looking at birds with right index finger pointing at them. Standing next to tree stump on shaped green 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): nos. 241–242, p. 52, plates 45b–45c (ill.)
K.H. Esser and Horst Reber, Höchster Fayencen und Porzellane, exh. cat. (Mainz, Germany: Altertumsmuseum und Gemäldegalerie der Stadt Mainz, 1964): no. 182, p. 116 (ill.); p. 236.
Patricia Stahl. Höchster Porzellan, 1746-1796, exh. cat. (Frankfurt am Main: Historisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main/Edition Braus, 1994): no.. 6.3.7., p. 208 (ill.)
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