Image

A sculpture with three figures in elaborate historical clothing. One is in the tree while the others stand below next to a ladder and a basket of cherries.

Johann Joachim Kändler

The Cherry Pickers,

Description

Maker

Title

The Cherry Pickers

Medium

porcelain

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Dimensions

28.3 cm (11 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

crossed swords underglazed under base

Place

Place Made: Meissen

Type

Ceramics

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.166

About

The Cherry Pickers

crossed swords underglazed under base

Place Made: Meissen

Projects & Publications

Publications

Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce

Read Online

Arlene Shechet Interviewed by Judith Tannenbaum

Read Online

The Lucy Truman Aldrich Collection of European Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century

Exhibition History

Use

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