Table Bell in the Form of a Chambermaid
This figure, modeled with a hollow interior, was equipped with a clapper that allowed it to serve as a table bell. The dress suggests that it represents a chambermaid, though the fashionable hairstyle and pearl necklace are slightly at odds with this interpretation. Producing a bell in this form, which may have been used to summon a chambermaid, reflects the playful spirit that appears throughout the manufactory’s work.
Artwork Details
- Title: Table Bell in the Form of a Chambermaid
- Manufactory: Vienna
- Factory director: Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period (1718–1744)
- Date: ca. 1735
- Culture: Austrian, Vienna
- Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions: Height: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
- Object Number: 1982.60.237
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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