Porcelain figure group showing a seller of quack medical treatments
- designer:
- Johann Joachim Kändler
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Porcelain figure group, depicting a charlatan with a monkey and Harlequin, Meissen, Germany, 1750-1924, after a model by Kaendler; Harlequin, holding packets of medication, stoops by a table laden with ingredients, a monkey sits amongst medicine bottles, Joseph Fröhlich as the Quack Doctor holds a quack remedy, arranged on a decorative grassy base.
Details
- Category:
- Medical Ceramic-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A645410
- Materials:
- porcelain
- Measurements:
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overall: 192 mm x 202 mm x 132 mm, 1.36 kg
- type:
- porcelain figure group and quack
