Figure of a shepherdess leaning against a rustic gate to feed her sheep

Details

• Title

  Figure of a shepherdess leaning against a rustic gate to feed her sheep

• Artist/maker

  Jean-Jaques Spangler (1755 - died after 1795) (modeller)

  Chelsea-Derby Factory (1770 - 1784) (manufacturer)

• Associated place

  Europe (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1795

• Material and technique

  biscuit porcelain

• Object type

  sculpture › figure

• Dimensions

  28.3 cm (height)
  18 cm (width)
  15 cm (depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the aid of an ACE/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and Barroe Trust, 2019.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 52 | 18th-century Art

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA2019.17

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