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On Display: House - Gray Room
Figure group (Shepherdess and lamb (bocage))
William Duesbury & Co., Derby Porcelain Works
1760-1765
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
William Duesbury & Co. (Maker)
Place of Origin
Derby; Derbyshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2015.0019.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of William F. Parker
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Object Number
2015.0019.001
Object Name
Figure group (Shepherdess and lamb (bocage))
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
William Duesbury & Co. (Maker); Derby Porcelain Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Derby; Derbyshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1760-1765
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
9.409 (H) x 5 (W) x 4.646 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
23.9 (H) x 12.7 (W) x 11.8 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Bradshaw, Peter. 1981 18th Century English Porcelain Figures 1745-1795.
• Variant model of Derby soft paste porcelain shepherdess: p. 197, pl. 109 (center), c. 1760, noting the model is after a Meissen prototype.Book: Bradshaw, Peter. 1990 Derby Porcelain Figures 1750- 1848.
• Similar (same?) models of with different painted details: p. 69 and p. 70, no. 55 D17, "known as The Dresden Shepherds"Article: Twichett, John. 2009 Derby PorcelainFigures the first hundred years c. 1748-1848. Derby Porcelain International Society. 6: 36-44.
• Similar (same?) models of figures on rounded mound bases: p. 38, pl. 2a-b, Gallant and Lady in guise of a Shepherd and Shepherdess, William Duesbury, Derby, 1760-65