15:04 10/30/2009
I have a bronze sculpture of the statuette of blacksmith By K. Muller that is identical to the porcelain sculpture that you have in your museum, can you tell me how to find out more about this object
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Statuette of Blacksmith
- Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
- Artist: Karl L. H. Mueller, American, born Germany, 1820-1887
- Medium: Unglazed porcelain
- Place Manufactured: New York City, New York, USA
- Dates: ca. 1876
- Dimensions: 12 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (30.5 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm)
- Markings: Incised on back of block which supports anvil: "U.P.W. / GREENPOINT. / N.Y."; incised below block, "K. MULLER."
- Signature: no signature
- Inscriptions: no inscriptions
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 68.87.55
- Credit Line: Gift of Franklin Chace
- Image: 3/4 front, 68.87.55_threequarter_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Unglazed white porcelain figure of a naturalistically rendered blacksmith. Bearded man, standing, raises a pipe to his mouth with proper left hand and has proper right hand raised over head (hole through right hand, perhaps held a tool or something for lighting pipe); he wears hat, short-sleeved shirt, and an apron tied around his waist; he leans against a block supporting an anvil over which is his smock or coat; standing on a disk base with hammer, horseshoe, and pinchers at his feet. Condition: Fair; hairline cracks throughout, dirt in crevasses, and chips in brim of hat, bottom of apron, and around base.
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