IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 41986 accession number: EC.4B-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 21 September 2016 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Scotch Shepherd Bagpiper with Dog, press-moulded, and painted over lead-glaze in blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, red, purple, and black enamels, and gilt. The underside of the circular base is unglazed and has a ventilation hole at the back. The front of the top is decorated with three applied flowers and leaves. The Shepherd stands in front of a tree stump with a square aperture at the back to take an attachment. A dog lies on the ground on the viewer's left. The Shepherd stands on his right leg with his left leg extended to the front so that the foot is over the edge of the base. He leans to his left with his head turned to his right, and holds the bagpipes in both hands with the bag under his left arm. He has black hair, and wears a blue tam with a gold band round the lower edge. He has a yellow jacket over a white shirt, and plaid breeches with yellow bows at the knees. A narrow plaid is thrown across his right shoulder. His shoes are blue with yellow bows. object type: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Scotch Shepherd Bagpiper with Dog, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels, and gilt. title: figure LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Cecil E. Byas STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41986 PEOPLE ------------------- shepherd SUBJECTS ------------------- bagpipes dog music bagpipes dog music TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt press-moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1765 - 1765 creation date earliest: 1765 creation date latest: 1765 culture: 18th Century, Mid# culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Bow Porcelain Manufactory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 13.9 dimension: Width units: cm value: 7.2 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain Figures CITATIONS -------- Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain Figures Bow Porcelain Figures circa 1748-1774 English Pottery and Porcelain and 19th century European Ceramics, 18th June 1984 ---