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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Group

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of two boys feeding a goat, supported on a pedestal with symmetrical rococo scrolled feet; one of the boys is sitting on a rock with a basket of flowers under his right arm, and the other reclines beside the rock; between them they hold a long garland of flowers, with which they are feeding a goat standing to the right of the rock; both boys are wearing a wreath of flowers on their head and loose drapery thrown about them


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Figure group, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of two boys feeding a goat, supported on a pedestal with symmetrical rococo scrolled feet, made by Plymouth Porcelain Factory, Plymouth, ca. 1770
Physical description
Figure group, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of two boys feeding a goat, supported on a pedestal with symmetrical rococo scrolled feet; one of the boys is sitting on a rock with a basket of flowers under his right arm, and the other reclines beside the rock; between them they hold a long garland of flowers, with which they are feeding a goat standing to the right of the rock; both boys are wearing a wreath of flowers on their head and loose drapery thrown about them
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
  • Width: 14.6cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Browne, London, for £15 in March 1873
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 702 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:693-1885

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Record createdFebruary 4, 2009
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