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An image of Shepherdess holding a posy by Bristol porcelain factory

Bristol porcelain factory

(England)

Title
Shepherdess holding a posy
Year
circa 1770-circa 1773
Media category
Ceramic
Materials used
hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions

30.5 x 12.3 x 10.5 cm

Credit
On loan from Kenneth Reed
Accession number
L2012.209
Location
18th c European porcelain
Further information

The figure is sometimes found with a companion piece of a shepherd playing the bagpipe.

Bibliography (1)

Richard Beresford, Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection 2012, Sydney, 2012, 121 (colour illus.). cat.no. 156