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Shepherdess
Factory: Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
Glazed soft-paste porcelain.
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and glazed; the unglazed underside is recessed, and has a large circular ventilation hole under the figure. The rectangular base has rococo scrolls around the edge and a tree stump at the back. The shepherdess sits on the stu p with her right leg crossed over her left, her right hand held up to the side, and her left rests on the edge of a basket of flowers on her left thigh. She wears a broad-brimmed hat with a bow on its right side, a high-necked chemise, a dress with a short sack back and an open skirt which reveals her petticoat at the front. A small lamb lies on top of the base on her left.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 12.1 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second quarter#
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1755
This figure was accessioned as Marieburg (Sweden) and was reattributed to Longton Hall by Dr Bernard Watney.
Visible Area composed of lead-glaze ( presumed lead-glaze)
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded and lead-glazed
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.3227-1928
Primary reference Number: 74538
Old object number: 3935
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) "Shepherdess" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74538 Accessed: 2024-12-18 10:07:03
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University of Cambridge}}
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