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Blackamoor Figure of a Fruit Vendor Figure

This is a figure. It was after Johann Joachim Kändler and manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated 19th century and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Estate of James Hazen Hyde. It is credited Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (a): 13.9 × 6.1 × 5.5 cm (5 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

[1] double crossed swords, painted in underglaze blue (very faded) [2] "3998", painted in black [3] "788", written in pencil [4] "BNNN", written in pencil [5] "97", written in pencil [6] "2 [...]" (?), written in pencil

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Blackamoor Figure of a Fruit Vendor Figure; Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Germany); After Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1775); Germany; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D (a): 13.9 × 6.1 × 5.5 cm (5 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.); Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde; 1960-1-39-a

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