1765-1770, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS AT THE BACK, IMPRESSED R TO THE SHEPHERD

Details

A PAIR OF CHELSEA BOCAGE FIGURE GROUPS OF 'THE IMPERIAL SHEPHERDS'
1765-1770, gold anchor marks at the back, impressed R to the shepherd
Modeled standing before a bocage of pink flowers, she with a basket of flowers held against her right hip, a lamb at her left side, he with his right arm extended, a dog seated at his feet, both wearing elaborate 'brocade' 18th century dress, the base applied with flowers and raised on a rocaille scroll plinth enriched in gilt
13in. (33cm.) and 13½in. (34.3cm) high (2)

Provenance

With D.M. & P. Manheim, London, 1984

Lot Essay

See Peter Bradshaw, 18th Century English Porcelain Figures 1745-1795, Antique Collector's Club, 1981, plate 49, p. 121 for a discussion of the present models, the grandest of all the Chelsea figures based on those made at Meissen by Johann Joachim Kändler

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