Creator(s): Samson Porcelain (Manufacturer)
On view in: Breakfast Room
About this object
Man (.1) and woman (.2) as shepherds; each supported by a tree trunk on a high white base modeled with gilt rococo scrolls; each with a sheep, at the feet of the man and held in the left arm of the woman; a black and white dog with the man who holds a roll in his left hand; man wears a black hat, a mauve pink coat, white blouse and white trousers with scattered flowers; a black strap over his right shoulder supports at his back a pouch out of which protrudes the head of a fish. Women wears light greenish hat, decolleté blue bodice, yellow apron, white flowered skirt, mauve pink border at bodice and shoes. She holds flowers in her apron.
- Made from:
- Hard paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- Late 19th c.
- Size:
- 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.238.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Both pieces are marked with the shield of Vienna, Austria, in underglaze blue transcription at the lower back.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973