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Piedmontese Bagpiper
Factory:
Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Engraver:
Daullé, Jean
(Derived from)
Painter:
Dumont, Jacques
(After)
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Piedmontese Bagpiper, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, and glazed.
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Piedmontese Bagpiper, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, and lead-glaze. The closed underside is flat and was wiped free of glaze except for a deep oval depression cut into the middle and a few spots elsewhere. The oval base has low, slightly wavy sides and is decorated round the edge with four applied roses, stems, and leaves, and with a spray of leaves near the middle. It rises up at the back into a low tree trunk which supports the figure. The bagpiper has his left leg against the tree stump and strides forward onto his right. He holds the bag under his left arm, blows a short tube into it, and holds its two long pipes in both hands. He wears a broad-brimmed hat with a cockade or feather attached to the proper right of the hatband, a shirt, a sleeveless jerkin with numerous buttons, a long cloak which falls down to the ground over the tree stump, slightly wrinkly hose, and square-toed shoes with bows.
History note: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Statham died 1967; Mrs Statham died 1970; their daughter, Miss Beryl Statham by whom lent anonymously in 1988 (Statham Loan 11-1988). Bequeathed by Miss Statham, 1990, accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Bequeathed by Miss Statham, accepted by H.M.Government in 1990 in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 21.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1990) by H.M. Government
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
1755
CE
Decoration
composed of
lead-glaze
( presumed lead)
Base
Depth 13.7 cm
Details
presumed phosphatic Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, and lead-glaze
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.29-1992
Primary reference Number: 42516
Old loan number: Statham Loan 11-1988
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Piedmontese Bagpiper" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/42516 Accessed: 2024-04-23 23:05:46
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