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The Italian Musicians

Manufacturer (English, 1744 - 1776)
CultureEnglish
OriginStratford-le-Bow, London, England
PeriodGeorge III (1760-1820)
Datec.1765; model introduced c.1750-1754
MediumSoft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding
DimensionsOverall: 20 x 14.9 x 13.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in., 13.4 cm)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionBow Italian Comedy Group of Scaramouche and Isabella seated on a four-footed scroll base. Isabella plays a mandolin and Scaramouche sings, holding a music score.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.852
Classifications
European Ceramics
Sub-classification
English Porcelain
Status
On view
Harlequin with Bagpipes and Columbine with Hurdy-Gurdy
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1745; decorated and possibly made in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.943.1-2
Nine engravings of the Italian Commedy
1729
Object number: G84.1.1-9
The Monkey Orchestra
Artist / Maker: Peter Reinicke
c.1753-1775
Object number: G83.1.675.1-.18
Plaque with the Holy Family
c.1530-1550
Object number: G83.1.350
Dish with scenes from the Abduction of Europa
Artist / Maker: Casa Pirota Workshop
1537
Object number: G83.1.351
Mezzetin
Artist / Maker: Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory
c.1755-1760
Object number: G93.3.1
Italian Comedian, perhaps the Captain
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725; decorated in Dresden or Augsburg, c.1725-1730
Object number: G83.1.899
Chinoiserie Musicians
Artist / Maker: St. James Factory
c.1751-1754
Object number: G83.1.1018.1-.2
Children dressed as Harlequin and Harlequine
Artist / Maker: Bow Porcelain Works
c.1765
Object number: G83.1.856.1-2
Leda
Artist / Maker: Franz Anton Bustelli
c.1760
Object number: G83.1.958
Scaramouche
Artist / Maker: Höchst Porcelain Factory
c.1752
Object number: G83.1.884
Scaramouche
Artist / Maker: Wurzburg
c.1775
Object number: G83.1.1252