Figure Group
ca.1850 (made)
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Group of a highland boy and girl. The boy is standing to the left, his hand resting upon the post of a fence at the foot of which the girl is reclining, fondling a dog. Both are wearing white; the boy wears a kilt and holds a feathered hat in his right hand and a string instrument in his left; he has balck hair; the girl has red hair. The fence and dresses are spotted with gilt. Scolled base picked out in gilt.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | earthenware, painted in enamel colours and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure group, highland boy and girl, earthenware, Staffordshire, ca.1850 |
| Physical description | Group of a highland boy and girl. The boy is standing to the left, his hand resting upon the post of a fence at the foot of which the girl is reclining, fondling a dog. Both are wearing white; the boy wears a kilt and holds a feathered hat in his right hand and a string instrument in his left; he has balck hair; the girl has red hair. The fence and dresses are spotted with gilt. Scolled base picked out in gilt. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Mr J. D. Kennedy through Art Fund |
| Object history | Given by Mr. J. D.Kennedy through the National Art Collections Fund |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Associated object | C.449-1928 (Set) |
| Bibliographic reference | Harding, A,N., Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875, Book One, (Atglen: Schiffer, 1998), p.408.ill. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.450-1928 |
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| Record created | May 12, 2009 |
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