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Title

Woodcutter splitting logs with an axe

circa 1758-circa 1760

Artist

Bow

England

1744 - 1776

An image of Woodcutter splitting logs with an axe by Bow
Alternate image of Woodcutter splitting logs with an axe by Bow

About

The figure was originally issued with a pair showing a seated man sawing timber. Both were copied from Meissen figures modelled by Kändler in 1745. Bow porcelain figures seldom depict artisans. These figures belong to the same tradition as Meissen’s Paris street criers, some of which were also copied at Bow.

Details

Date

circa 1758-circa 1760

Media category

Ceramic

Materials used

soft-paste porcelain

Dimensions

13.9 x 5.4 x 9.6 cm

Credit

On loan from Kenneth Reed

Accession number

L2012.87

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Artist information

Bow

Works in the collection

17

Referenced in 1 publication

Bibliography

Richard Beresford, Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 49 (colour illus.). cat.no. 52