The Sleeper Crowned
Original Language TitleDer bekränzte Schläfer
Alternate TitleSlumbering Shepherd
Manufacturer
Höchst Ceramics Manufactory
(German, founded 1746)
Modeler
Johann Peter Melchior
(German, 1742 - 1825)
Datebefore 1770
MediumHard-paste porcelain
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 9 1/2 inches (17.78 × 24.13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. B. Berkowitz
Object number70-18/8
Markingson bottom: blue wheel mark
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DescriptionSquare stand painted to resemble marble in background on which is "marble" urn with green laurel around it. Girl and boy at base of stand. Boy lying on ground with head against stand; left arm bent with hand against head; right arm outstretched on grass. Black and white dog looking over boy's right shoulder. Girl to boy's left. Her right arm stretched over boy's head; kneeling on right knee; left hand on ground, left foot stretched behind her. Both dressed in colorful garments each with a hat. Yellow bowl in foreground with green and a purple object in c. On shaped green base. Modeled by Johann Peter Melchior (act. 1767-1779).Published ReferencesSiegfried Ducret, German Porcelain and Faience (New York: Universe Books, 1962): no. 62, pp. 172-173 (ill.)
K.H. Esser and Horst Reber, Höchster Fayencen und Porzellane, exh. cat. (Mainz, Germany: Altertumsmuseum und Gemäldegalerie der Stadt Mainz, 1964): no. 170, p. 108 (ill.)
Horst Reber, Höchster Porzellan aus drei Jahrhunderten, exh. cat. (Hohenberg an der Eger, Germany: Museum der Deutschen Porzellanindustrie, 1988): p. 108 (ill.)
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