The beggar
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1755 - circa 1765
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
92 mm (Height); 34 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Meissen
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 870957.5
Summary
A beggar with a wooden leg.One of a set of seven Meissen figures of cupids in disguise, on scroll edge mound bases, wearing costumes.Marked with crossed swords in underglaze blue.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley
Makers and roles
Meissen Porcelain Factory, potter