Derby porcelain figure of a taylor's wife and family mounted on a nanny goat

An image of Figure. Taylor's Wife and Family mounted on a Nanny Goat. Derby Porcelain Factory, England, Derbyshire. Kändler, Johann Joachim, modeller, after (German, 1706-1775). Eberlein, Johann Friedrich, modeller, after (German, 1696-1749). Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed and painted in dark blue, green, yellow, flesh, pink red, purple, shades of brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilt. The underside has a large, central, circular ventilation hole. Most of the surface has been ground down, and is unglazed. Height, whole, 24.2 cm, circa 1800. Rococo.

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Figure. Taylor's Wife and Family mounted on a Nanny Goat. Derby Porcelain Factory, England, Derbyshire. Kändler, Johann Joachim, modeller, after (German, 1706-1775). Eberlein, Johann Friedrich, modeller, after (German, 1696-1749). Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed and painted in dark blue, green, yellow, flesh, pink red, purple, shades of brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilt. The underside has a large, central, circular ventilation hole. Most of the surface has been ground down, and is unglazed. Height, whole, 24.2 cm, circa 1800. Rococo.

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Accession Number: C.106-1932
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 759 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
Filesize: 104.92kB
Exposure time: 1/180
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1
Captured: 2013:12:16 11:41:22

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