Figure
William Duesbury and Co.
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1771 - 1778
Materials
Ceramics, soft paste porcelain, enamels, gilding
Place of origin
Derby
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730574
Summary
A pair of figures, soft paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, The Garland Shepherd and The Garland Shepherdess, William Duesbury and Co., Derby, Derbyshire, England, circa 1771-1778. Two figures stand next to flowering bushes: a man with a dog, and a woman with a lamb, on scrolled bases. [check marks]
Provenance
Listed in the ‘Inventory of Heirlooms at Stourhead directed to be taken by the Will of the late Sir Richard Colt Hoare Bart.’, 1838, in the China Cupboard, as one of ‘Thirteen White China Figures’. Bequeathed by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947), 1946.
Makers and roles
William Duesbury and Co., manufacturer