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: Na266

: Applied Art

: figure group

: Shepherd & Shepherdess candleholder. Male and female figures seated either side of a leafy tree terminating in a candle holder. He wears a red-lined yellow jacket, blue-spotted waistcoat, pink breeches and a black hat with yellow feather and plays a pipe; she wears a green-lined pale purple open robe over a pale blue petticoat and white apron; she supports her head in her right hand, her left hand once held ?a crook. Rocky base with a goat, a sheep and a dog; a bird in the tree. Candle holder painted with brown husk swags and edge lines.

: C.B.Morgan collection

: Staffordshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) / England, Northern Europe, Europe

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: 1775-1799

: Given by Miss Kathleen Harper from the collection of her father, Dr Harper, 1981.