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Markscheider with compass
figure
Lost Art-ID
569489
Manufaktur
Porzellanmanufaktur Fürstenberg
Formation
gegr. 1747
Place
Fürstenberg an der Weser
Title
Markscheider with compass
Additional title
figure
Datierung
1758 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
porcelain
Height
19.50 cm
Description
„Ein Markscheider mit dem Kompaß (um Leib an Gürtel befestigt), mit einer Klappe oder ledernem Deckel, den er mit der Hand in die Höhe hält.“ Standing, the left hand on the compass, with his right hand pointing aside. Copper-green cap, black coat, iron vest, gray-gray knee-length pants, gray leggings, black shoes. Base and base support in manganese brown and green. Right pointing finger missing. Without brand. Model of Simon Feilner, according to his own description the second of the 11 miner figures created by him. (See Scherer, as before.)
source: Auktionskatalog Hans W. Lange, Wertvolles Kunstgewerbe, Berlin, 19.-21. Mai 1941, S. 131. Nr. 650, Taf. 88
Provenance
Collection Dr. Wilhelm Dosquet, Berlin, 19th-21st May 1941 Auction Hans W. Lange, Berlin
Published since
Contact
Dr. Sibylle Ehringhaus
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