Figure of a Beggar Playing a Hurdy-Gurdy
date: label: Date
content: 1735–1740
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
label: Modeler
content: Johann Joachim Kändler, German, 1706 - 1775
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Smiling musician wearing torn clothing, seated on a white outcrop, playing a hurdy-gurdy.
place: label: Place
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Michele Beiny in memory of her grandfather Hanns Weinberg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1984-135-4
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: figure
label: Type
content: figure
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 14 × 9.5 × 13 cm (5 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.)