The badminton player
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1790
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Measurements
155 mm (Height); 71 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Meissen
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 870903
Summary
Meissen (Marcolini period) figure of a boy clad in blue and yellow tunic and breeches, a small yellow cloak and a yellow feathered hat. He holds a shuttlecock and a raquet and stands against a broken pillar on a circular scrolled base, and has crossed sword above an asterisk like symbol in undergaze blue.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1957 and given to NT by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley as part of the Endowment
Makers and roles
Meissen Porcelain Factory, potter