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Figure
- Place of origin:
Bow, England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1760 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Bow Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted with enamels
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
- Museum number:
C.249-1940
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 1, shelf 1
Physical description
Figure of a bagpiper in porcelain painted with enamels. He sits on a tree-stump decorated with applied flowers. His bagpipes are white decorated with black. He wears a yellow jacket lined with blue, flowered white breeches, black cap, pale yellow stockings and black shoes. Four-footed scrolled base picked out in crimson and light blue.
Place of Origin
Bow, England (made)
Date
ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/maker
Bow Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels
Dimensions
Height: 20.9 cm
Descriptive line
Figure of a bagpiper in porcelain painted with enamels, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1760.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
von Marschall, Isabelle, et al. From the origins of European porcelain to Art Déco style. In: Siemen, Wilhelm. From a king's dream to mass production: 300 years of European porcelain. Porzellanikon Selb and Hohenberg a.d. Eger: Catalogue of the Anniversary Exhibition. Hohenberg: Deutsches Porzellanmuseum, 2010. 4 vols., ill. One of a set of four catalogues published to accompany the exhibition held at the Porzellanikon Selb and Hohenberg a.d. Eger, 24 April - 2 November 2010. ISBN: 9783940027092
Exhibition History
300 Years of European Porcelain: From a king's dream to mass production (Porzellanikon 24/04/2010-01/11/2010)
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Painted
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Scrolls; Tree; Bagpiper
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
CER
