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Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1745
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamel decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2091
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionPart of a pair with 65.2090. Male playing violin, black hat, lavender jacket, yellow knickers, black shoes, square base with flowers in relief. Female (65.2091) black head kerchief, white blouse, green bodice, yellow skirt, lavender apron; playing guitar; square base with flowers in relief. Four places of damage to base flowers and upper half of third finger missing. 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)