Comedienne with mask
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1710)
Modeler
Frederich Elias Meyer
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
Datec.1750-1755
Mediumhard-paste porcelain, enamel, and gold.
DimensionsOverall: 13.2 x 7 x 5.5 cm (5 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
MarkingsCrossed swords in underglaze blue
DescriptionA Meissen figure of Columbine dancing in a puce cape. She wears a harlequined jacket and puce flowered dress holding a black mask in her right hand with a slap-stick tied at her waist with a yellow sash. She stands on a tree-stump mound base applied with flowers. Decorated and possible made in 19th or 20th century.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.960
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German PorcelainCollections
Status
Not on view
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c.1765
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c.1740-1741; decorated in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.942
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