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

Figure

mid 18th century (made), ca. 1750 (modelled)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a shepherd with a dog, of white glazed porcelain. The dog leaping up; a sheep lies on the high rococo-and rock-moulded base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, glazed
Brief description
Figure of a shepherd with a dog, white glazed hard-paste porcelain, probably modelled by F. E. Meyer and J. J. Kändler, about 1750, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, mid 18th century
Physical description
Figure of a shepherd with a dog, of white glazed porcelain. The dog leaping up; a sheep lies on the high rococo-and rock-moulded base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed swords (Factory mark in underglaze blue, side of base)
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Berling, K. Meissner Porzellan und seine Geschichte Leipzig, 1900, p. 198
Collection
Accession number
C.101-1930

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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