IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 47924 accession number: C.90A-1950 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 18 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Shepherd with Dog, slip cast, with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted in turquoise, green, yellow, pale orange, orange, dark pink, purple, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. the slightly convex underside is unglazed round the edge, and glazed in the middle. It has a circular ventilation hole at the back below the tree stump. the high D-shaped mound base is moulded at the front with a C-scroll and rocaille 'frilling'. It rises up at the back into a tree stump with lateral branches bearing applied flowers and leaves. The shepherd stands in front of the stump on his right leg with his left leg advanced. He has a bagpipe under his left arm, and holds its pipe in both hands. He has brown hair tied back with a yellow bow, and wears a green hat with a yellow underside to the brim, and a purple ribbon round the crown. The left side of the brim is turned up and held by a gold clasp. He has a dark pink coat with pale orange lining and gold buttons, a yellow waistcoat with a striped brown and orange border, orange and white striped breeches with a purple bow on each knee, white stockings, and yellow shoes with purple bows. A dog lies at his feet looking up towards him. It is white with reddish-brown patches, and a black collar. The applied flowers are painted in yellow and purple, orange-red, yellow, and dark pink, with green leaves. The moulding across the front of the base is picked out in pink, a little turquoise, and gold. object type: Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Shepherd with Dog, slip cast, with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted in turquoise, green, yellow, pale orange, orange, dark pink, purple, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. the slightly convex underside is unglazed round the edge, and glazed in the middle. It has a circular ventilation hole at the back below the tree stump. title: figure LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Francis L. Dickson STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/47924 PEOPLE ------------------- shepherd SUBJECTS ------------------- dog tree stump dog tree stump TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain, slip cast, with hand-modelled details, lead-glazed, and painted in turquoise, green, yellow, pale orange, orange, dark pink, purple, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. the slightly convex underside is unglazed round the edge, and glazed in the middle. It has a circular ventilation hole at the back below the tree stump slip-casting TECHNIQUES ---------- lead-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1760 - 1765 creation date earliest: 1760 creation date latest: 1765 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George III culture: Gold anchor period (1759-69) CREATORS -------- maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 24.7