Peasant boy
Figure
ca. 1775 (made)
ca. 1775 (made)
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Figure of a peasant boy wearing yellow breeches, brown jacket and black hat; hand rests on basket containing a small lamb, supported by a tree stump.
Object details
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| Title | Peasant boy (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours |
| Brief description | Earthenware figure of a peasant boy with a lamb in a basket, by Saint Clément pottery factory, France, ca. 1775 |
| Physical description | Figure of a peasant boy wearing yellow breeches, brown jacket and black hat; hand rests on basket containing a small lamb, supported by a tree stump. |
| Gallery label | Gallery 128 Decant 2003
The figure is after a model by Paul-Louis Cyfflé (1704-1806).(07/06/2004) |
| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Object history | Acquisition type: Gift |
| Production | Acquired as Strasburg, 2nd half of the 18th century; examined in 1931 by Hans Haug, Director of the Strasburg Museum, who suggested the figure was probably made at St. Clément or Les Islettes; relabelled as St. Clément. |
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| Accession number | C.572-1909 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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