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Figure of a Dog Figure
This is a figure. It was after Johann Joachim Kändler and made by Meissen Porcelain Factory. It is dated 19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled A Royal Menagerie … and Then Some.
This object was
bequest of
Erskine Hewitt.
It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
- Radcliffe Camera Architectural Model
- carved, gessoed, and painted wood, sheet glass.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2014-39-1
- Figure Of A Dog (France)
- glazed earthenware.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1967-48-108
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 20 x 28 x 11.4 cm (7 7/8 in. x 11 in. x 4 1/2 in.)
It has the following markings
Underside: [1] crossed swords with horizontal line and dot between handles, painted in underglaze blue (imitation Meissen Porcelain Manufactory mark?) [2] "6", "1", and "7", impressed [3] "S", impressed [4] two lines, incised
It is signed
Unsigned
It is inscribed
Uninscribed
Cite this object as
Figure of a Dog Figure; After Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1775); Germany; porcelain, vitreous enamel; H x W x D: 20 x 28 x 11.4 cm (7 7/8 in. x 11 in. x 4 1/2 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-560
