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Figure

ca. 1753-1757 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a farmer holding a bird's nest, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt. He is standing, holding the nest in his right hand, wearing a long coat diapered with pink flowers, blue breeches and black hat; his right arm rests on an overturned red pot on a tree stump; at his feet is a bird; mound base with applied flowers and rococo scrolls picked out in red and gold.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt
Brief description
Figure of a farmer, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt, Longton Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, about 1753-57
Physical description
Figure of a farmer holding a bird's nest, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt. He is standing, holding the nest in his right hand, wearing a long coat diapered with pink flowers, blue breeches and black hat; his right arm rests on an overturned red pot on a tree stump; at his feet is a bird; mound base with applied flowers and rococo scrolls picked out in red and gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Object history
London, Stoner & Evans, 1933. From the William Bemrose Collection.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Bemrose, W. Longton Hall porcelain. London: Bemrose and sons ltd., 1906, pl. XXXIII, fig. 3, p. 60.
Collection
Accession number
C.110-1938

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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