Figure
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1870 - 1900
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Measurements
260 mm (H)
Place of origin
Meissen
Order this imageCollection
Greenway, Devon
NT 118819
Summary
Figure group - Ferguson 'Group of lovers, hard-paste porcelain, a youth playing the bagpipes for a young girl with a basket of flowers (B17), accompanied by a boy with a hobby-horse, crossed swords in underglaze blue, Meissen, Germany c 1880'
Provenance
Introduced to the Property by Agatha Christie Mallowan. Inventory taken just before the house was requisitioned by the American Navy 1942 p 66
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed sword, mark in underglaze-blue
Makers and roles
Meissen Porcelain Factory, potter