Figure Group
ca. 1820 (made)
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Figure group in white porcelain of a tailor mounted on a goat and he holds one of its horn. He carries two kids in a wooden carrier slung on his shoulders, and has a pair of scissors hanging at his side. Before him on the saddle are two pistols in holsters. The goat carries a flat-iron in its mouth. They stand on a rococo scrolled base.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain |
Brief description | Figure group in porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a tailor mounted on a goat, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1820. |
Physical description | Figure group in white porcelain of a tailor mounted on a goat and he holds one of its horn. He carries two kids in a wooden carrier slung on his shoulders, and has a pair of scissors hanging at his side. Before him on the saddle are two pistols in holsters. The goat carries a flat-iron in its mouth. They stand on a rococo scrolled base. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
Object history | Adapted from a Meissen figure modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler in 1740s. |
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Accession number | C.285-1935 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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