Girl with lambs
ca. 1760–65
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
3 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (8.6 × 3.8 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
British, Chelsea
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Accession Number
64.101.621a, b
Tags
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Sculpture and Decorative collection, *Girl with Lambs* is a delicate soft-paste porcelain figurine crafted by the Chelsea Porcelainufactory around 1760–65. Standing just 3⅜ inches tall, this charming British piece depicts a young girl accompanied by lambs amid flowers, evoking pastoral innocence and the Rococo era's love for whimsical, nature-inspired scenes. Gifted by Irwin Untermyer in 4, it exemplifies the's mastery in creating intimate, table-top ornaments for affluent 18th-century homes. Chelsea, one of England's pioneering porcelain w...
About the Artist
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory · 1744–1784
**Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory** The Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, Britain's pioneering porcelain enterprise, was founded around 1743 in Chelsea, London, by two Huguenot silversmiths: Nicholas Sprimont from Liège and Charles Gouyn. Sprimont, trained in Paris as a goldsmith before immigrating to England, brought his expertise in luxury metalwork to the venture, while Gouyn handled early sales th...