Group
ca. 1756-1760 (made)
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Figure group, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of two boys, naked except for drapery thrown over their shoulders, feeding a goat; one of the boys sits on a rock with a basket of grapes under his arm and his left arm around the horns of a goat that stands beside him with its mouth full of grapes; the other boy reclines beside the rock with his right hand on the edge of the basket; they are supported on a rococo scrolled pedestal with applied flowers
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, press-moulded, painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure group, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of two boys feeding a goat, made by Vauxhall porcelain factory, London, ca. 1756-60 |
| Physical description | Figure group, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of two boys, naked except for drapery thrown over their shoulders, feeding a goat; one of the boys sits on a rock with a basket of grapes under his arm and his left arm around the horns of a goat that stands beside him with its mouth full of grapes; the other boy reclines beside the rock with his right hand on the edge of the basket; they are supported on a rococo scrolled pedestal with applied flowers |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Acquired as Longton Hall Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dalgleish, London, for £1 10 shillings in 1867 |
| Production | This is from a group of soft-paste porcelain figure models that were also made in hard-paste porcelain at Plymouth. Previously attributed to Longton Hall. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 435 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:677-1885 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2009 |
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