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Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German
Modeler Johann Joachim Kändler German
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Title: Pair of squirrels
Manufactory:
Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
Modeler:
Johann Joachim Kändler (German, Fischbach 1706–1775 Meissen)
Date: ca. 1732
Culture: German, Meissen
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze
Dimensions:
Height with mount (.1): 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm);
Height with mount (.2): 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Caroline Astor Wilson, 1950
Object Number: 50.212.1, .2
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