Model human
J. P. Melchior
Category
Ceramics
Date
1775
Materials
porcelain
Measurements
125 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Hochst
Order this imageCollection
Fenton House, London
NT 1448113.1
Summary
One of a pair of figures of a boy and a girl, "The Broken Egg and The Spilt Milk" (Das zerbrochene Ei und Die verschüttete Milch). He holding in his right hand a puce hat full of eggs and wearing a blue coat, pale-yellow breeches and bare feet, the girl is crying over a bowl of spilt milk, and wearing a pink dress and yellow apron. Mark, a crowned wheel in blue, the boy with incised M.
Marks and inscriptions
a crowned wheel in blue, the boy with incised M
Makers and roles
J. P. Melchior