Figure
Chelsea Porcelain Factory (1744-1769)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1770 - 1780
Materials
soft paste porcelain
Measurements
255 x 130 mm
Place of origin
Derby
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 870988
Summary
Candlestick figure - Chelsea-Derby soft paste porcelain model candlestick. The shepherdess with her lamb is playing a mandolin. The scroll base is picked out in turquoise and gilding, with a flowering bocage behind her. She is flanked by ormolu nozzles and drip pans.English, c1775
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred to NT in 1957
Makers and roles
Chelsea Porcelain Factory (1744-1769), potter Derby Porcelain Works, potter