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Title

Girl crying over spilt milk, model

circa 1770-1775

Artist

Höchst

Germany

1750 – 1796

Alternate image of Girl crying over spilt milk, model by Höchst
Alternate image of Girl crying over spilt milk, model by Höchst

  • Details

    Date
    circa 1770-1775
    Media category
    Ceramic
    Materials used
    hard-paste porcelain
    Dimensions
    11.9 x 6.2 x 4.8 cm
    Credit
    On loan from Kenneth Reed
    Location
    Grand Courts
    Accession number
    L2012.139
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Höchst

    Works in the collection

    8

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  • About

    Modelled by Melchior. The emotive subject shows a French sensibility typical in Melchior’s work from the 1770s. The figure had a pair showing a boy with broken eggs, a signed biscuit version of which bears the date 1771.

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication

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