Figure
ca. 1758 (made)
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Figure in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels of a Harlequin playing the bagpipes. He sits on a rock and wears a parti-coloured costume, a pink frilled collar and broad-brimmed black-edged white hat. Low mound base with applied flowers and leaves.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Figure of an bagpiper in commedia dell'arte costume, soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1758 |
| Physical description | Figure in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels of a Harlequin playing the bagpipes. He sits on a rock and wears a parti-coloured costume, a pink frilled collar and broad-brimmed black-edged white hat. Low mound base with applied flowers and leaves. |
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| Credit line | Legh Tolson Bequest |
| Object history | Companion to woman C.105-1932. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Literary reference | commedia dell'arte |
| Bibliographic reference | Bradshaw, Peter. Bow Porcelain Figures, circa 1748-1774. 1992, fig. 70 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.105-1932 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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