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:

24.238.1

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK Both pieces are marked with the shield of Vienna, Austria, in underglaze blue at the lower back

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973