Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain
(France 1750–circa 1773)
- Title
- Boy playing the pipe
- Year
- circa 1750
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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17.7 x 8.4 x 7.0 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.131
- Location
- 15th–19th c European art
- Further information
From the evidence of factory inventories, Mennecy produced groups of musicians in the period 1762–65. A number of examples of pairs or groups of child musicians are known, both coloured and in the white, and probably date from this period. However the present example along with a girl playing the hurdy-gurdy (L2012.132) give the impression of being earlier. The greyish paste, prone to imperfections, the slightly dull palette and the absence of cherubic sweetness in the faces suggest a date perhaps shortly after the move to Mennecy.
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 74, 75 (colour illus.). cat.no. 88
