https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/32221/fullClock with Harlequin with Bagpipesca.1745-1752Meissen Porcelain ManufactoryJohann Joachim KändlerOverall: 29.2 × 20.3 × 14.4 cm (11 1/2 × 8 × 5 11/16 in.)Hard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingGift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Meissen, Dresden, GermanyG83.1.9501Meissen 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 century18th Century European PorcelainEuropean Porcelain FiguresCommedia dell'Arte FiguresGerman PorcelainMeissen[]European CeramicsGerman Porcelain1833791145GermanPug model no.1731; other marks not visible because of mount
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