Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Figure

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of a shepherd standing on a high base moulded with rococo scrollwork and with applied flowers in relief on the top; he wears a black hat with red ribbons, a dull pink coat over a flowered white waistcoat, striped knee-breeches, white stockings, and red-laced black shoes; he is in a striding attitude and playing the bagpipes; a tree-stump is at his side


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Figure, in hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of a shepherd with bagpipes and standing on a high base, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1770
Physical description
Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of a shepherd standing on a high base moulded with rococo scrollwork and with applied flowers in relief on the top; he wears a black hat with red ribbons, a dull pink coat over a flowered white waistcoat, striped knee-breeches, white stockings, and red-laced black shoes; he is in a striding attitude and playing the bagpipes; a tree-stump is at his side
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.2cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:733/A-1885 (Sch. I 732A)
These two figures were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Walker, Bath, for £105 in January 1873. They may not have been made as a pair, as one has gilding and the other does not.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 732 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:733-1885

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Record createdFebruary 10, 2009
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