1589/90

The scene on this plate depicts the Emperor Julius Caesar offering food and wine to the Roman people. It is probably based on a drawing by the artist Taddeo Zuccaro (1529-66). Zuccaro designed specifically ...

Kaendler, Johann Joachim

Modeled about 1742; Formed and painted about 1742

On an irregular base the figures of Beltrame and Columbine sit on a large rock that is draped with a gray cloth, at their feet lies the leering figure of Harlequin with his tongue stuck out; Beltrame sits ...

Kaendler, Johann Joachim

Modeled about 1740-1740; Formed and painted about 1740-1745

On a thick base encrusted with green leaves and puce flowers stand the figures of Scaramouche and Columbine before a small, leafy bocage, between them lies a tan-colored pug dog with red collar decorated ...

Kaendler, Johann Joachim

Modeled about 1740; Formed and painted about 1740

Figure of Harlequin seated on a white tree stump on small base decorated with green leaves and a puce and yellow flower, his left leg front and his right leg pulled into the stump, his right arm raised ...

Kaendler, Johann Joachim

Modeled about 1748; Formed and painted about 1748-1750

The figure of a laughing Pulchinella with hooked nose and back hump standing on a small round base encrusted with green leaves and a yellow flower, leaning against a tree stump with a small leafy bocage, ...

Kaendler, Johann Joachim

Modeled about 1736-1740; Formed and painted about 1736-1740

The seated figure of a Harlequin on a rocky base with right leg extended and head tipped back as he drinks from a white and gilt pass glass, which is held to his mouth in his right hand, under his left ...

Kaendler, Johann Joachim

Formed and painted about 1738; Mount is mid-18th century; Modeled about 1736-38

Group on an irregular base encrusted with green leaves and colorful flowers including a seated female actress wearing a lilac bodice with green bows down the front over a white ruffled blouse, her skirt ...

Kaendler, Johann Joachim

Model about 1740-1741; Formed and painted about 1750

Group on oval base encrusted with green leaves and colorful flowers, seated on a rock are a young lady and an older man, she wears a blue bodice with a black bow around her neck, a small headpiece, a yellow ...

Kaendler, Johann Joachim

Model about April/May 1738; Porcelain 18th century, Decoration 19th century

Group of a happy Harlequin family consisting of Columbine wearing a turquoise and black bodice over white ruffled shirt, with white apron and red and white striped skirt, her left arm is raised and she ...

Kaendler, Johann Joachim

Model about 1736-1738; Formed and painted 1736-1738

On irregular base decorated with small green leaves and multicolored flowers stands a Harlequin with legs spread straddling a second Harlequin, who is sprawled on the ground, the standing Harlequin holds ...

Mantel, Julius Wilhelm

About 1860

The term "biscuit" describes unglazed porcelain, which has been fired only once. Sometimes the unglazed ceramic body is left that way, as with this large vase, because it enhances the decorative value ...

1710/20

During the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, Rouen was one of the most important centers for faïence production in France. As at Nevers, the region around Rouen was characterized by a number ...

Robin, Robert

About 1785, Clockworks about 1800

Louis XVI mantel clock set with six plaques of soft-paste porcelain, each decorated with brightly colored enamels in imitation of jewels in a pattern of scrolls and foliage in green, turquoise, red, and ...

1754/70

Large oval faience soup tureen with matching cover and stand, the tureen molded with scrolls, gadrooning, and shellwork decorated in rose, or pink-purple (pourpre de Cassius), and green enamel on a white ...

1660/80

The name "Nevers" refers to a group of faïence factories in the Bourgogne region of France. The first was founded around 1588 by three brothers from Italy, who brought with them the Italian majolica tradition. ...

1818

In 1818 upon the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the reign of King Friedrich Augustus I of Saxony (1750-1827), the Meissen porcelain manufacture produced this unusual vase in the Wedgwood style. ...

Boizot, Simon-Louis

1786

Simon-Louis Boizot was director of the sculpture workshop at Sèvres from 1773 until 1800. He is best known for the figures he designed, which were reproduced in hard-paste porcelain, a material news to ...

Kaendler, Johann Joachim

Modeled about 1736; Formed and painted about 1736

Single standing figure of bearded Pantalone on small base encrusted with green leaves and a yellow flower, his right leg forward in a light bowing position, his hands behind his back, wearing a gilt-buttoned ...