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

Figure

ca. 1749 (made), 1745-1750 (modelled)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of shepherdess singing, of hard-paste porcelain. Standing, turning right, her right arm hold out, left hand lifting which as if to dance. High, well-modelled stump support. Flowered 'rocky' base. Painted with enamel colours and gilt: white dress, pale yellow bodice with purple Indian flowers. Turquoise broad-brimmed hot and black pouch sling from a yellow-green shoulder strap.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Figure of shepherdess singing, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, modelled by Friedrich Elias Meyer, 1749, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany
Physical description
Figure of shepherdess singing, of hard-paste porcelain. Standing, turning right, her right arm hold out, left hand lifting which as if to dance. High, well-modelled stump support. Flowered 'rocky' base. Painted with enamel colours and gilt: white dress, pale yellow bodice with purple Indian flowers. Turquoise broad-brimmed hot and black pouch sling from a yellow-green shoulder strap.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (Factory mark in underglaze blue, behind base)
  • '42' (Impressed (three times))
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.969-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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