Savoyard Boy with a Marmot
Manufacturer
Höchst Ceramics Manufactory
(German, founded 1746)
Dateca. 1785
MediumHard-paste porcelain; enamelled and gilded
DimensionsOverall: 6 inches (15.24 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Caroline N. Berkowitz Fund
Object numberF76-19
MarkingsBlue wheel mark on bottom.
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DescriptionSlightly crouched male figure, head turned to right, proper left leg raised, pr. left arm thrown back, wearing orange pin-striped breeches and waistcoat, white jacket with blue trim, yellow ascot and black shoes with gold buckles, long hair tied at nape of neck. Box strapped to back (portion of black strap across chest broke off). Holds green pole in proper right hand, yellow string running from pole to proper left hand broken off; top missing. Three-cornered black hat lies at dancer's feet on grassy mound.Published ReferencesKurt Röder and Michel Oppenheim. Das Höchster Porzellan auf der Jahrtausend-Ausstellung in Mainz 1925, exh. cat. (Mainz, Germany: L. Wilckens, 1930): no. 459, p. 78; plate 79k (ill.).
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