Höchst
(Germany 1750–1796)
Girl crying over spilt milk, model
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
Modelled by Melchior. The emotive subject shows a French sensibility typical in Melchior’s work from the 1770s. The figure had a pair showing a boy with broken eggs, a signed biscuit version of which bears the date 1771.
- Year
- circa 1770-1775
- Media
- Ceramic
- Medium
- hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
- 11.9 x 6.2 x 4.8 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.139
