Tartaglia
Manufacturer
State Factory
(Austrian, 1744 - 1784)
CultureAustrian
OriginVienna, Vienna, Austria
PeriodMaria Theresia (1740-1780)
Datec.1750-1755
MediumHard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels
DimensionsOverall: 15.9 x 8.1 cm (6 1/4 x 3 3/16 in.)
MarkingsTraces of blue shield. Impressed W
DescriptionA Vienna coloured Italian comedy figure of Tartaglia in black and yellow cap, white ruffle, and yellow jacket. The figure is also wearing trousers and a puce cloak on a stepped square base.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.875
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
Austrian PorcelainStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1741; decorated in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.942
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
January 1743
Object number: G83.1.919
Artist / Maker: State Factory
c.1744-1750, perhaps decorated a few years later
Object number: G83.1.872
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kändler
c.1741-1745
Object number: G83.1.664
Artist / Maker: Claudius Innocentius du Paquier Factory
c.1740-1744
Object number: G83.1.871.1 -2
