Brooklyn Museum: Decorative Arts: Statuette of Blacksmith

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.

Collections: Decorative Arts: Statuette of Blacksmith