Girl with a Bird on Her Knee
Girl with a Bird on Her Knee
Girl with a Bird on Her Knee
Girl with a Bird on Her Knee
Girl with a Bird on Her Knee
Girl with a Bird on Her Knee

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Girl with a Bird on Her Knee,

1765–74

Johann Peter Melchior, German, 1742–1825
y1937-71

Information

Title
Girl with a Bird on Her Knee
Dates

1765–74

Maker
Johann Peter Melchior
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
19.5 × 10.3 × 13.7 cm (7 11/16 × 4 1/16 × 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y1937-71
Place Made

Germany, Hochst

Marks/Labels/Seals
Impressed on base: 1.3
Culture
German
Type
ceramics
Subject
sitting, figurines, girls

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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