Shepherd and shepherdess

Unknown (British)

Wedgwood (English ceramics manufactory, 1759 to the present)


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
ca. 1785
Height:
12.3 cm  (4 13/16 in.)
Width:
10.9 cm  (4 5/16 in.)
Dimensions above are for the sugar bowl. The creamer is 12.7 cm. high.
Technique / Medium:
black basalt with decoration of figures in releif on ceramic

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    The Amelia Blanxius CollectionGift of Mrs. Emma B. Hodge and Mrs. Jene E. Bell[Museum inv. no.: 1912.311]Also 1912.312

Description

Sugar bowl and creamer. On both pieces an identical scene appears: a shepherdess with a wind instrument tied to her belt, and a shepherd with a bagpipe nearby on the ground.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746]
Wind instruments [3730]

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 9 (183da82). RILM 1988-275.

Notes

Record not found as of 8/27/2019 on the Art Institute of Chicago's website.

RIdIM record id

1974