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ca. 1760 (made)
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Place of origin

Figure of a bagpiper in porcelain painted with enamels. He sits on a tree-stump decorated with applied flowers. His bagpipes are white decorated with black. He wears a yellow jacket lined with blue, flowered white breeches, black cap, pale yellow stockings and black shoes. Four-footed scrolled base picked out in crimson and light blue.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure of a bagpiper in porcelain painted with enamels, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Figure of a bagpiper in porcelain painted with enamels. He sits on a tree-stump decorated with applied flowers. His bagpipes are white decorated with black. He wears a yellow jacket lined with blue, flowered white breeches, black cap, pale yellow stockings and black shoes. Four-footed scrolled base picked out in crimson and light blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.9cm
Conversion from the Register
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • von Marschall, Isabelle, et al. From the origins of European porcelain to Art Déco style. In: Siemen, Wilhelm. From a king's dream to mass production: 300 years of European porcelain. Porzellanikon Selb and Hohenberg a.d. Eger: Catalogue of the Anniversary Exhibition. Hohenberg: Deutsches Porzellanmuseum, 2010. 4 vols., ill. One of a set of four catalogues published to accompany the exhibition held at the Porzellanikon Selb and Hohenberg a.d. Eger, 24 April - 2 November 2010. p115. ISBN: 9783940027092
  • Siemen, Wilhelm, From a King’s Dream to Mass Production: 300 years of European Porcelain, Hohenberg: Deutsches Porzellanmuseum, 2010.
Collection
Accession number
C.249-1940

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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