Scapin
Manufacturer
Bow Porcelain Works
(English, 1744 - 1776)
CultureEnglish
OriginStratford-le-Bow, London, England
PeriodGeorge II (1727-1760)
Dateca.1750-1754
MediumSoft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels
DimensionsOverall: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionBow Italian comedy figure of Scapin, modelled by 'The Muses Modeller'. He is wearing a pale blue cap and collar, a puce cloak hiding his right hand, and a black-tasselled white jacket patterned with iron-red, blue, yellow and green flowers. His white trousers are striped in puce, yellow, blue and black, a dagger thrust through the brown purse at his waist. His left hand (missing but intended to be holding a hat) extended, and leaning against a stump on a flat square base.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.845
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English PorcelainStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
April or May 1738
Object number: G83.1.910
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1729-1731
Object number: G83.1.624
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1740-1745; decorated and possibly made in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.943.1-2
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kändler
ca. 1930-35
Object number: G83.1.947
