Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Figure of a gardener

German (Fulda)
about 1765–70
Object Place: Europe, Germany

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain, colored enamels
Dimensions 15.87 cm (6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Pflueger
Accession Number67.1194
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionFigure holding spade and facing to right. Clad in green hat and coat with puce trim, puce flowered vest and striped breeches, by his side a watering can surmounted by green melon, on scrolled base picked-out in puce.
Marks Mark: a cross.
ProvenanceBy 1967, Kiyi and Edward Pflueger, New York, NY; 1967, year-end gift of Kiyi and Edward Pflueger. (Accession date: December 21, 1967)