Shepherdess
Figure
1752-1755 (made)
1752-1755 (made)
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Figure of a Shepherdess with lamb, representing Summer, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours. She is standing, head turned to her left, the lamb at the feet. She wears a blue-flowered skirt, bodice with red facings and yellow bows and a pink-lined black hat. Mound base with applied flowers. Beneath is the circular concave depression found on early Derby figures.
Object details
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Title | Shepherdess (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
Brief description | Figure, Shepherdess, representing Summer, enamelled soft-paste porcelain, probably modelled by A. Carlini, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, probably decorated in London, 1752-1755. |
Physical description | Figure of a Shepherdess with lamb, representing Summer, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours. She is standing, head turned to her left, the lamb at the feet. She wears a blue-flowered skirt, bodice with red facings and yellow bows and a pink-lined black hat. Mound base with applied flowers. Beneath is the circular concave depression found on early Derby figures. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot |
Object history | London, Amor. |
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Bibliographic reference | Mallet, J.V.G. 'Agostino Carlini and Dry-Edge Derby' in Walford, Tom and Hilary Young British Ceramic Design, 1600-2002: Papers presented at the colloquium celebrating the 75th anniversary of the English Ceramic Circle, 1927-2002. 2003, pp.42-57 |
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Accession number | C.115-1938 |
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Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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