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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR59.144
People
Franz Anton Bustelli, German (Locarno, Switzerland 1723 - 1763 Munich, Germany)
Manufactured by Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, German (1747 - )
Title
Swan cane handle
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Stockknopf mit Mannsgesicht Gänßschnabel Facon
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, figurine
Date
c. 1760
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Nymphenburg
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223197

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hard-paste porcelain.
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
8.89 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: sockel (underneath head of figure) : impressed [shield] [mark of Nymphenburg Manufactory)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Terwilliger, Gift to HUAM, 1959.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Graves Terwilliger
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
BR59.144
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Animals from Legend and Life in Antique German Porcelain: A Study of Animal Motifs from 1735 to 1835, exh. cat. (Minneapolis, 1977), cat. no. 29, p. 39

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