Pigeon (trommeltaube)
Object type: Figure
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Meissen
Artist: Johann Joachim Kändler|Meissen Manufactory
Artist bio: German, Fischbach 1706–1775 Meissen|German, 1710–present
Artist role: Modeler|Manufactory
Artist nationality: German|German
Date: ca. 1745
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions: Height: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession year: 1974
Tags: Pigeons