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Dancing Harlequin

CultureEnglish
OriginStaffordshire, England
PeriodGeorge II (1727-1760)
Datec.1755-1765
MediumStoneware, salt glaze, and enamel.
DimensionsOverall: 16.7 x 10.7 x 6.7 cm (6 9/16 x 4 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionA Staffordshire coloured salt-glaze stoneware figure of Harlequin after the Meissen model by J. J. Kaendler. Wearing a black hat, pink cloak and breeches and yellow jacket. He is standing on one leg before a tree-stump, his slap-stick tucked beneath his cloak, and is on a brown circular mound base.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.963
Classifications
European Ceramics
Sub-classification
English Earthenware
Status
Not on view
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