Chelsea
(England 1744–1769)
- Title
- Shepherd with dog
- Year
- circa 1762-circa 1765
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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28.9 x 14.6 x 11.2 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.104
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
Adapted from a Meissen prototype. The Chelsea version omits a lamb and includes a set of bagpipes. In other Chelsea examples it also often includes a second dog jumping up at the shepherd’s pouch. The figure sometimes has a female companion.
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 59 (colour illus.). cat.no. 72
