Figure
ca.1755-ca.1755 (made)
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Figure of a shepherdess in white glazed porcelain (height 18.2 cm). She stands upright with her right foot forward and twisting slightly to her right, and there is a lamb at her right foot. She wears a wide brimmed hat and a dress with ribbons at the sleeves. She stands on a low, mound base with applied flowers. No marks. The base has a conical firing hole, and there is a marked 'dry edge' at the base. There is a circular hole at the rear to take a metal mount for flowers of Derby porcelain or a candle nozzle (see Mallet, op. cit., p. 53 and figs 20-21).
The base has a paper label inscribed '170' (stock number of the dealer Charles E. Boast of Hove).
The base has a paper label inscribed '170' (stock number of the dealer Charles E. Boast of Hove).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, and with lead glaze |
| Brief description | Figure of a shepherdess, white glazed soft-paste porcelain, Derby ('dry edge class'), about 1750-55 |
| Physical description | Figure of a shepherdess in white glazed porcelain (height 18.2 cm). She stands upright with her right foot forward and twisting slightly to her right, and there is a lamb at her right foot. She wears a wide brimmed hat and a dress with ribbons at the sleeves. She stands on a low, mound base with applied flowers. No marks. The base has a conical firing hole, and there is a marked 'dry edge' at the base. There is a circular hole at the rear to take a metal mount for flowers of Derby porcelain or a candle nozzle (see Mallet, op. cit., p. 53 and figs 20-21). The base has a paper label inscribed '170' (stock number of the dealer Charles E. Boast of Hove). |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '170' (paper label on base, stock number of the dealer Charles E. Boast of Hove) |
| Credit line | Given by Miss Mary Boast from the collection of Charles E. Boast |
| Production | For the attribution of a similar figure to Carlini, see 'Agostino Carlini, Modeller of 'Dry-Edge' Derby Figures?', in T. Walford and H. Young (eds.), British Ceramic Design, 1600-2002 (2003), p. 48, fig. 10; John Mallet considers this model very likely to be by Carlini also. |
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| Accession number | C.18-2004 |
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| Record created | April 22, 2004 |
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