Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Titles
Scotch Shepherd Bagpiper with Dog
Maker(s)
Factory:
Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of a Scotch Shepherd Bagpiper with Dog, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels, and gilt.
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.
Legal notes
Bequeathed by Cecil E. Byas
Measurements and weight
Height: 13.9 cm
Width: 7.2 cm
Place(s) associated
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Stratford-le-Bow
⪼ Essex
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1938)
by
Byas, Cecil E.
Dating
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1765
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, red, purple, and black)
gold
Materials used in production
except for base
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: EC.4B-1938
Primary reference Number: 41986
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 21 September 2016
Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
