Figure
ca. 1770 (made)
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Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of a shepherdess standing on a high base, moulded with rococo scrollwork and with applied flowers in relief on the top; she is dressed in a blue hat with flowers below the brim, a green bodice with short sleeves, red borders and blue insertion in the front, white skirt decorated with bouquets of flowers, and pink shoes with red bows; she holds a bunch of flowers in her left hand and a crook in her right.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Figure in porcelain painted with enamels of a shepherdess standing on a high base, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1770. |
| Physical description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of a shepherdess standing on a high base, moulded with rococo scrollwork and with applied flowers in relief on the top; she is dressed in a blue hat with flowers below the brim, a green bodice with short sleeves, red borders and blue insertion in the front, white skirt decorated with bouquets of flowers, and pink shoes with red bows; she holds a bunch of flowers in her left hand and a crook in her right. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair with 414:733-1885 (Sch. I 732) 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. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 732A - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:733/A-1885 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2009 |
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