Cleveland Museum of Art
Figure of a Bird Charmer
Sèvres Porcelain Factory
- Date
- 1764–66
- Medium
- Unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit)
- Culture
- France, Sèvres
- Department
- Decorative Art and Design
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Designs for 17 young children involved in various activities were issued by sculptor Étienne-Maurice Falconet and regularly reproduced as porcelain figurines. This figure, who stretches out his hand in anticipation that a bird might land, would have been modeled after one of these designs. Decorative figurines like these were often included in elaborate dining services to be placed about a table along with the usual tureens and tableware. 31 figures modeled after Falconet’s series were included in the dinner service given by French King Louis XV to Christian VII, King of Denmark in 1768.
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