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Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1745
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamel decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2090
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionPart of a pair with 65.2091. Male playing a violin, black hat, lavender jacket, yellow knickers, black shoes, square base with flowers in relief. Female (65.2091) wearing black head kerchief, white blouse, green bodice, yellow skirt, lavender apron; playing guitar; square base with flowers in relief. Two places of damage to base flowers. Mark: crossed swords underglaze blue on lower edge of base.
Marks
crossed swords unglaze blue on back
ProvenanceBy 1945, with Jas. A. Lewis & Son, New York; September 18, 1945, sold by Jas. A. Lewis & Son to Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)