Clock with Harlequin with Bagpipes

Manufacturer Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German, founded 1710)

ModelerModelling attributed to Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706 - 1775)

CultureGerman

OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany

Dateca.1745-1752

MediumHard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding

DimensionsOverall: 29.2 × 20.3 × 14.4 cm (11 1/2 × 8 × 5 11/16 in.)

MarkingsPug model no.1731; other marks not visible because of mount Inscription .DAILLE. .A PARIS., the movement with a pierced engraved backplate and engraved *L*IOLLY* *A*PARIS*

DescriptionMeissen figures of Harlequin and a pug mounted in Louis XV Ormolu as a clock, modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler. Harlequin is wearing a gilt-edged tan hat, and a turquoise jacket with panels of yellow, black, iron-red and blue checkers outlined in gilding, white breeches and puce shoes. He is seated on rockwork and playing a bagpipe. The recumbent pug has fur delineated in grey and wearing a puce collar with a blue rosette. It is mounted in Louis XV ormolu before an oak tree affixed with ten porcelain flowers and supporting a later ormolu rococo scroll-edged case fitted with a white enamel dial painted with black Roman and Arabic numerals. Flowers from 18th and 19th century

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.950

Classifications

European Ceramics

Sub-classification

German Porcelain

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Status

On view