Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Figure

Figure of a bagpiper, soft-paste porcelain, sitting on a tree stump applied with trailing flowers, on a four-footed scrolled rococo base; enamelled and gilded, the jacket blue with pink lining, gold piping and a yellow flower applied to the right shulder, the cap black with white ribbon, the breeches white with puce flowers, black shoes, the bagpipes in pale yellow, the flowers yellow, blue and puce with green leaves, the base picked out in puce

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 39524

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Bow
Period: 1760 ca

Acquisition

Gift, 27/8/2013

Measurements

Height (cm): 21.3
Width (cm): 11.3
Depth (cm): 10.4
Height (in): 8
Width (in): 4
Depth (in): 4

Techniques

Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Soft-paste porcelain

Location

In store
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