Dancing Harlequin
CultureEnglish
OriginStaffordshire, England
PeriodGeorge II (1727-1760)
Dateca.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 CeramicsSub-classification
English EarthenwareCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Peter Reinicke
ca.1755-1765
Object number: G83.1.962
Artist / Maker: Höchst Porcelain Factory
ca.1750-1755
Object number: G83.1.885
Artist / Maker: Longton Hall Porcelain Factory
ca.1754-1757
Object number: G83.1.897.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1740-1741; decorated in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.942
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1745-1750
Object number: G83.1.936