Figure
ca. 1756-1760 (made)
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Figure of a goatherd, in soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, enamel colours and gilded. He is shown striding forward, a goat on his back, a (broken) staff in his right hand. He wears a black-starred pink waistcoat, gold-starred blue breeches and carries a yellow-lined pink cloak. High mound base with applied flowers and rococo scrolls picked out in yellowish green and pink.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure of a goatherd, in soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, enamels and gilded, made by Vauxhall porcelain factory, London, ca. 1756-60 |
| Physical description | Figure of a goatherd, in soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, enamel colours and gilded. He is shown striding forward, a goat on his back, a (broken) staff in his right hand. He wears a black-starred pink waistcoat, gold-starred blue breeches and carries a yellow-lined pink cloak. High mound base with applied flowers and rococo scrolls picked out in yellowish green and pink. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot |
| Object history | London, Amor, 1926. Sometimes described as 'copying Meissen', but in fact adapted from a celebrated ancient Roman sculpture of a naked faun with a kid now in the Prado, Madrid (see References) |
| Production | Previously attributed to Longton Hall |
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| Bibliographic reference | Massey, Roger. 'Vauxhall Porcelain Figures', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, Vol. 25, 2014 |
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| Accession number | C.74-1938 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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