figure
- Museum number
- 1923,0314.75.CR
- Description
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Figure; porcelain; naturalistically modelled pug dog, seated on its haunches, clear glaze, white body; marked.
- Production date
- 1774-1814
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.70 inches
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- A pug dog was mentioned by the Meissen factory's chief modeller Johann Joachim Kaendler in his 'Taxa' or work reports for 1741-44: '1. Hund in Lebens Größe nach dem Gemählde, vor Se. Hoch-Reichs Gräffl. Excell. den H. Geheimbden Cabinets-Ministre Graffen von Brühl. 4. Thlr.' [1 life-sized dog after the painting, for his Excellency ..., the Privy Cabinet Minister Count von Brühl. 4 Taler.]; see J. Rafael, Zur 'Taxa Kaendler', in Keramos 203/204 (2009), p. 49. The pair to this model of a pug dog, also without his typical collar fitted with bells, is 1923,0314.76. The marks confirm that this popular figure was produced after the 1745 model, sometime between 1774 and 1814.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1923
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1923,0314.75.CR