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Shepherdess: C.3054B-1928

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Shepherdess

Maker(s)

Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory

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Description

Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Shepherdess, painted in polychrome enamels.

Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, painted overglaze in blue, pale green, green, turquoise, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, pale brown, and dark grey enamels. The closed base is unglazed and has a circular ventilation hole near the back. The roughly circular base rises up on the proper left side into a rock with a square aperture at the back to take an attachment, beside which is a projecting branch bearing an applied flower and three leaves.
The shepherdess stands on her right leg with her left foot raised onto the rock at the front. She turns her head to her left, holds her right hand up to her bosom, and with her left holds up her apron. She has a white cloth scattered with brown stars over her head, and a dark brown necklace. She wears a flowered bodice with a scalloped basque, a trellis pattern stomacher, pink cuffs with blue bows, and white ruffles; a flowered skirt, with a white apron, which is filled with flowers; and yellow shoes with blue bows. A small bag is slung on her right hip by means of a blue cross strap. A pale yellow and brown lamb reclines on her right looking away from her. The top of the base, the rock, and the tree branch are pale green and brown, the three applied flowers are red, with darker green leaves. The scrolls on the sides are picked out in dark grey.

Notes

History note: Frank Stoner, London, from whom purchased with its pair for £60 on 22 January 1917 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 27.0 cm
Width: 11.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Stratford-le-Bow ⪼ Essex ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Mid#
George II
Production date: circa AD 1757

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, pale green, green, turquoise, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, pale brown, and dark grey)
Details

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
presumed phosphatic Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, painted overglaze in blue, pale green, green, turquoise, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, pale brown, and dark grey enamels
Lead-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3054B-1928
Primary reference Number: 41621
Old object number: 4492B
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 20 November 2015 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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