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Objekt 10

"Daniel, the well-wisher"

Description

Daniel, an inmate of the Basel Bürgerspital in the 1830s, was known to offer congratulations with flowers on special occasions, thus earning a small tip. The design for this figure, a surviving watercolor, was created by Anton Sohn himself.

Object description

Anton Sohn workshop, Zizenhausen near Stockach (Baden-Württemberg), mid-19th century.

Clay, molded in model, fired, painted

Inv. 1957.31.

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