Figure
Nymphenburg
Category
Ceramics
Date
1935
Materials
hard paste porcelain
Measurements
173 x 123 x 80 mm
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 205144
Summary
Figure, hard paste porcelain, horse and rider on an oval rocky base, the man wearing military uniform and tricorn hat, with a horn carried across this body and left shoulder, facing proper right, Nymphenburg;, Germany, 1935; coloured naturalistically, with green and brown to the base, the man wearing yellow and blue uniform, black riding boots, the horse in the white.
Full description
The figure is made using a much older original mould from the Frankenthal factory, which closed in 1799.
Provenance
Part of the Bambridge Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Mrs Elsie Bambridge (1896-1976)
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of base: [crown] / 1067 / 1 / A (impressed, model numbers) Underside of base: [crown] / [interlocking CT] / 1935 (underglaze blue, maker's mark)
Makers and roles
Nymphenburg, manufacturer