IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 42107 accession number: EC.14-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Dancing Shepherdess, press-moulded with hand-modelled details, and very slightly turquoise-tinted glaze, painted overglaze in blue, green, turquoise, yellow, flesh-pink, dark pink, red, purple, brown, and grey enamels, and gilt. The glazed underside has a small circular ventilation hole under the figure. The approximately circular base has incurved sides with five pierced holes at the front, and a scrolled edge forming five low supports. At the back there is a low stump with a triangular aperture to take an attachment, and two short lateral branches bearing applied flowers and foliage. The shepherdess stands with her right leg forward. She holds up a wreath of flowers in her left hand, and with her right hand holds up her skirt. She wears a white cap and a yellow hat with a pink underside and gold edge; a blue bodice with a red and gold triangle patterned stomacher; a purple and yellow striped skirt at the back, and a floral pattern in red, blue, purple and gold at the front; an apron with a red, green, and gold floral pattern, and purple shoes with gold buckles. On her left there is a recumbent lamb with pale red and white patchy fleece, grey feet, and a gold collar. Beside her feet there are two groups of three flowers and leaves. object type: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Dancing Shepherdess, press-moulded with hand-modelled details, and very slightly turquoise-tinted glaze, 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/42107 PEOPLE ------------------- shepherdess SUBJECTS ------------------- wreath lamb dancing wreath lamb dancing TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded with hand-modelled details, and very slightly turquoise-tinted glaze, painted overglaze in polychrome enamels, and gilt press-moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1765 - 1774 creation date earliest: 1765 creation date latest: 1774 culture: 18th Century, second half# culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Bow Porcelain Manufactory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 18.4 dimension: Width units: cm value: 8.7 CITATIONS -------- Bow Porcelain Figures circa 1748-1774 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/EC_14_1938_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/mid_EC_14_1938_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/EC_14_1938_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/preview_EC_14_1938_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/EC_14_1938_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/mid_EC_14_1938_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/EC_14_1938_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/preview_EC_14_1938_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/EC_14_1938_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/mid_EC_14_1938_283_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/EC_14_1938_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/preview_EC_14_1938_283_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels