FIGURINE OF PULCINELLA

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall

About this object

The statuette shows Pulcinella. He is striding forward with his right hand raised, and his left hand by his side. He holds a sausage in his right hand. His left leg is raised high. He wears a pink hat and a multicolored jacket. Half of the jacket has green lozenges while the other has playing cards. It has yellow sleeves. The back of his jacket bulges outward in a long cylindrical shape as if he were a hunchback. His right trouser leg is decorated with playing cards and the left leg is red. There is a tree trunk behind his right leg. The square base is white with touches of green.

Object name:

FIGURINE OF PULCINELLA

Made from:

Hard paste porcelain

Made in:

GERMANY

Date made:

19th c.

Size:

15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

26.110

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK at back in red: an anchor (fake Chelsea)

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973