Figure of a Gardener
Bow Porcelain Factory (British)
c. 1765–70
Medium
soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
h. 24.8 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. A. M. Luntz
Accession Number
1945.36
Tags
gender unknown
About this artwork
Even though this figure and her counterpart (1945.37) are not accompanied by a sheep, these ceramic sculptures were sometimes known as “Garland Shepherds” during the mid-1700s. The name derived from a similar set produced by one of the Bow Porcelain Factory’s rivals, the Derby Porcelain Factory, in which the male figure holds a lamb. While these two factories often produced similar sets of pastoral, allegorical, biographical, and religious figures, the Bow Factory was known as one of the preemin...