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Rare Bow Porcelain Figure Boy Shepherd Piper C.1754-1765 Ex-bradshaw Collection
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Rare Bow Porcelain Figure Boy Shepherd Piper C.1754-1765 Ex-bradshaw Collection

18th century
For Sale by The Fancy Fox
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A fine and rare Bow porcelain figure of a charming young shepherd playing a bagpipe with his dog lying at his feet. Wearing a lilac hat, white jacket with Indian style floral decoration and pink lining, pale yellow breeches with red trim and red ribbons on his shoes. c.1754-1765. 

Provenance: Peter Bradshaw collection and illustrated in "Bow Porcelain Figures" by Bradshaw, colour plate X, reference B115, also page 177.

It measures 14cm (5 1/2") high and 8.3cm (3 1/4") wide by 7cm (2 3/4") deep.

In very good condition: a very high quality professional repair to his left wrist and restoration to the little finger and possibly the bottom of his pipe. The brim of his hat has also been professionally restored. No other damage, repair or restoration and minimal handling wear.

Declaration

The Fancy Fox has dated this Bow Porcelain Shepherd Figure to the 18th Century.

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SA1241541
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RA1147
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A fine and rare Bow porcelain figure of a charming young shepherd playing a bagpipe with his dog lying at his feet.
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Wearing a lilac hat, white jacket with Indian style floral decoration and pink lining, pale yellow breeches with red trim and red ribbons on his shoes.
The Fancy Fox

c.1754-1765. 

fig 1. An eighteenth-century Bow porcelain figurine depicting a young shepherd playing a pipe alongside a small dog on a sculpted base.
fig 1. Rare Bow Porcelain Figure Boy Shepherd Piper C.1754-1765 Ex-bradshaw Collection

Provenance: Peter Bradshaw collection and illustrated in "Bow Porcelain Figures" by Bradshaw, colour plate X, reference B115, also page 177.

It measures 14cm (5 1/2") high and 8.3cm (3 1/4") wide by 7cm (2 3/4") deep.

fig 2. An eighteenth-century Bow porcelain figurine depicting a young shepherd playing a pipe alongside a small dog on a sculpted base.
fig 2. Rare Bow Porcelain Figure Boy Shepherd Piper C.1754-1765 Ex-bradshaw Collection

In very good condition: a very high quality professional repair to his left wrist and restoration to the little finger and possibly the bottom of his pipe. The brim of his hat has also been professionally restored. No other damage, repair or restoration and minimal handling wear.

Date of Manufacture

The Fancy Fox has dated this Bow Porcelain Shepherd Figure to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1241541
Dealers Internal Ref
RA1147
The Fancy Fox
The Fancy Fox
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Archive I An eighteenth-century Bow porcelain figurine depicting a young shepherd playing a pipe alongside a small dog on a sculpted base.

Rare Bow Porcelain Figure Boy Shepherd Piper C.1754-1765 Ex-bradshaw Collection

Archive II An eighteenth-century Bow porcelain figurine depicting a young shepherd playing a pipe alongside a small dog on a sculpted base. View II
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Archive IV An eighteenth-century Bow porcelain figurine depicting a young shepherd playing a pipe alongside a small dog on a sculpted base. View IV
Archive V An eighteenth-century Bow porcelain figurine depicting a young shepherd playing a pipe alongside a small dog on a sculpted base. View V
Archive VI An eighteenth-century Bow porcelain figurine depicting a young shepherd playing a pipe alongside a small dog on a sculpted base. View VI
Archive VII An eighteenth-century Bow porcelain figurine depicting a young shepherd playing a pipe alongside a small dog on a sculpted base. View VII
Archive VIII An eighteenth-century Bow porcelain figurine depicting a young shepherd playing a pipe alongside a small dog on a sculpted base. View VIII
Archive IX An eighteenth-century Bow porcelain figurine depicting a young shepherd playing a pipe alongside a small dog on a sculpted base. View IX
Archive X An eighteenth-century Bow porcelain figurine depicting a young shepherd playing a pipe alongside a small dog on a sculpted base. View X
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An eighteenth-century Bow porcelain figurine depicting a young shepherd playing a pipe alongside a small dog on a sculpted base.
Rare Bow Porcelain Figure Boy Shepherd Piper c.1754-1765 Ex-Bradshaw Collection
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  • ObjectPorcelain Figurines
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian Rococo
  • MaterialSoft-Paste Porcelain, Enamel, Glaze
  • ColourMulticoloured
  • MotifsPastoral figure, Floral jacket, Seated dog, Rococo base

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Bow porcelain refers to soft-paste ceramic items manufactured at the Bow porcelain factory in East London between approximately 1747 and 1776.

Eighteenth-century porcelain figures were crafted by pressing soft-paste clay into multi-part plaster moulds, assembling the unfired sections with liquid slip, firing the body, and applying overglaze enamel decoration prior to a final firing.

Authentic Bow pieces often exhibit a warm soft-paste body with faint bone-ash inclusions, characteristic Rococo scroll or flower-encrusted bases, heavy potting, and specific incised or painted workmens marks.

Small porcelain figures can be displayed inside contemporary glass cabinets, arranged on bookshelf stacks, or positioned as decorative accents on a sideboard.

Dust soft-paste porcelain gently using a soft dry brush or a lint-free cloth, avoiding immersion in water or contact with chemical cleaners that could affect original enamel highlights.
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