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Triton

Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
Modeled by: Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1775)
German
about 1750

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions Overall: 27.6 x 22.9 x 27.9 cm (10 7/8 x 9 x 11 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Thomas O. Richardson, from the collection of Mrs. Richard Baker
Accession Number96.931
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionTriton, blowing a shell horn. This model was designed as part of a porcelain table fountain commissioned by Count von Bruhl and produced between 1745 and 1747.
ProvenanceMrs. Richard Baker; by 1896, by descent to her daughter, Mrs. T. O. Richardson; 1896, gift of Mrs. T. O. Richardson. (Accession date: December 3, 1896)