Bagpipe player
Figure
ca. 1765 (made)
ca. 1765 (made)
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Figure in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a man playing bagpipes. He is seated between the branches of a flowering bush on a symmetrical rococo-scrolled base. A dog is beside him.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Bagpipe player (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a man playing bagpipes, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1765. |
| Physical description | Figure in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a man playing bagpipes. He is seated between the branches of a flowering bush on a symmetrical rococo-scrolled base. A dog is beside him. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | One of a pair of musicians with C.198-1935. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Old English Porcelain. London : Faber & Faber, 1948. 107 p., note 2.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.198A-1935 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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