Current Location: In storage
Titles
Shepherd
Maker(s)
Factory:
Niderviller
Modeller:
Cyfflé, Paul Louis
Entities
Categories
Description
Earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, puce, flesh pink, dark brownish-red, and black enamels. The shepherd, stands with his arms folded in front of him, leaning against a tree trunk with a recumbent dog at his feet. A bag containing a bunch of grapes is slung over the tree stump. The shepherd wears a black hat, a chequered puce sleeveless jacket, over a white shirt, and mauve and blue striped breeches, and bare legs and feet. He stands on a moulded base which is partly covered in green with black speckles and has areas of dark brownish-red on the edges. The dog is white with a brown head and long hair on its shoulders, a dark red mouth, a brown tail, and a patch of brown on its right hind leg. It wears a yellow collar. There is a large circular ventilation hole in the base under the tree stump
Notes
History note: Sir Bernard Eckstein (1894-1948); sold Sotheby's, 30 May 1949, lot 25; H. E. Backer, London, from whom purchased on 16 March 1950
Legal notes
Bought from H. E. Backer, using funds from the Dr F. R. Cowper Reed Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 22.9 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1950-03-16)
by
Backer, H.E.
Dating
18th Century, third quarter
1770
CE
-
1775
CE
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
Materials used in production
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed and painted in enamels
Tin-glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: Circular white paper stick on label with a black line round the outer edge. The number 29 is handwritten in black ink, the address is in much smaller capitals than the collection name.
- Text: SIR BERNARD ECKSTEIN COLLECTION surrounding No. C 29 /OLDLANDS HALL/FAIRWARP./SUSSEX
- Location: On underside of base
- Method of creation: Printed in black and hand written in black ink
- Type: Label
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.11-1950
Primary reference Number: 71353
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 1 July 2025
Last processed: Tuesday 1 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
