Figure
ca. 1754-57 (made)
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Standing figure of a shepherdess, a sheep lying to her right, wearing a yellow bodice with pink cuffs and blue ribbons, richly flowered white skirt, pink-starred white cap and brown shoes. Rococo scrolled high base picked out in black.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel |
| Brief description | Figure of a shepherdess with apron full of flowers, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels; Bow Porcelain Factory, England (London), ca. 1754-57 |
| Physical description | Standing figure of a shepherdess, a sheep lying to her right, wearing a yellow bodice with pink cuffs and blue ribbons, richly flowered white skirt, pink-starred white cap and brown shoes. Rococo scrolled high base picked out in black. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr W.A.J. Floersheim |
| Object history | Companion to C.144-1931. For another version of this figure, see C.247-1940 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 |
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| Accession number | C.143-1931 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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