Figure
ca. 1754-57 (made)
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Figure of a shepherdess in porcelain painted with enamels. She stands holding up her apron filled with flowers, and a lamb is at her feet. She wears a yellow bodice trimmed with black with green sleeves, pale mauve skirt decorated with oriental flowers, and black headdress. Scrolled mound base picked out in black and decorated with applied flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Figure of a shepherdess in porcelain painted with enamels, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1754-57 |
| Physical description | Figure of a shepherdess in porcelain painted with enamels. She stands holding up her apron filled with flowers, and a lamb is at her feet. She wears a yellow bodice trimmed with black with green sleeves, pale mauve skirt decorated with oriental flowers, and black headdress. Scrolled mound base picked out in black and decorated with applied flowers. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst |
| Object history | For another version of this figure, see C.143-1931. Copied from a Meissen model created ca. 1750, probably by J.J. Kändler and F.E. Meyer (see References, below) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Anton Gabszewicz, Made at New Canton (English Ceramic Circle, 2000), cat. 82 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.247-1940 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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