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Man with Fish

Made at: Charles Gouyn's Factory (St. James, London, working around 1747–1760)
Formerly known as: Girl-in-a-Swing Manufactory
Derived from: Jacopo Amigoni (Italian (Venetian), about 1685–1752)
English
about 1751
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions 19.06 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.786
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionStanding figure of a boy on chamfered base, behind him a tree trunk with root and applied flowers. Open jacket, knee breeches, right foot on tree root, slightly stooped, holding fish in both hands. Companion to 53.1021 (with color). Unmarked.
ProvenanceOswald Glendenning (1881-1943), London; by 1962, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)

NOTES:
[1] Published by Arthur Lane and R. J. Charleston, English Ceramic Circle Transactions, vol. 5, part 3 (1962), then in Katz collection.