Gardener and his Companion
Manufacturer
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
(French, founded 1756)
ModelerModelling attributed to
Etienne-Maurice Falconet
(1716 - 1791)
CultureFrench
OriginSèvres, Île-de-France, France
PeriodLouis XV (1715-1744)
Datec.1760
MediumSoft-paste biscuit (unglazed) porcelain
DimensionsOverall (G08.7.15.1): 25.4 x 12.7 x 10.3 cm (10 x 5 x 4 1/16 in.)
Overall (G08.7.15.2): 10 x 6 1/2 x 4 in. (25.4 x 16.5 x 10.2 cm)
MarkingsIncised F
DescriptionPair of Sèvres biscuit figures of a gardener and companion. The male is standing erect, his right leg slightly raised, holding a basket of flowers resting on his right arm, wearing a jacket and knee breeches. His female companion is wearing a laced bodice, skirt and apron, holding a small flower bouquet in her right hand and a flower basket under her arm, another basket behind her. They are on angular rockwork bases.
Credit LineGift of Helen E. Gardiner
Object numberG08.7.15.1-2
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
French PorcelainStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Pierre Blondeau
Second half of the eighteenth century
Object number: G96.5.105
Artist / Maker: Pierre Blondeau
Second half of the eighteenth century
Object number: G96.5.106
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1741; decorated in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.942
Artist / Maker: Claudius Innocentius du Paquier Factory
c.1740-1744
Object number: G83.1.871.1 -2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
January 1743
Object number: G83.1.919
Artist / Maker: Bow Porcelain Works
c.1765
Object number: G83.1.856.1-2
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
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
Artist / Maker: Richard Champion and Co., Bristol China Manufactor
c.1772-1775
Object number: G83.1.1190.1-.2
