Figure Group
ca. 1765 (made), ca. 1762 (modelled)
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Figure group of hard-paste porcelain and painted with enamels and gilded. Two shepherd lovers seated by a well, the man draping a flowered garland around the girl. Two sheep on the right. Rococo scroll flat base picked out in gilt.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain and painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure group of hard-paste porcelain and painted with enamels and gilded, modelled by J.J. Kändler ca. 1762, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1765. |
| Physical description | Figure group of hard-paste porcelain and painted with enamels and gilded. Two shepherd lovers seated by a well, the man draping a flowered garland around the girl. Two sheep on the right. Rococo scroll flat base picked out in gilt. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Crossed swords (In blue) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr W. A. J. Floersheim |
| Object history | Figure group in two sections with C.50-1962. |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, Pl. LI (b), p. 123 and Note 267. |
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| Accession number | C.145-1931 |
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| Record created | March 1, 2010 |
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