Shepherd playing flute
Figure Group
1790-1795 (made)
1790-1795 (made)
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Figure group of biscuit porcelain. A piping shepherd boy with a lamb at this feet. He wares a short coat and knee-breeches and leans on a tree stump on which hangs a satchel. On the stump and on the circular base are applied flowers.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Shepherd playing flute (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Biscuit porcelain |
| Brief description | Figure group of a shepherd playing a flute, biscuit porcelain, modelled by J.J. Spängler, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, 1790-1795. |
| Physical description | Figure group of biscuit porcelain. A piping shepherd boy with a lamb at this feet. He wares a short coat and knee-breeches and leans on a tree stump on which hangs a satchel. On the stump and on the circular base are applied flowers. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Bemrose, William. Bow, Chelsea and Derby porcelain. London and Derby, Bemrose and sons, Ltd, 1898, p. 75 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 3014-1901 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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