Who created "Pedlar (one of a pair)"?

Pedlar (one of a pair) was created by Derby Porcelain Manufactory in ca. 1765.

When was "Pedlar (one of a pair)" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1765.

What medium is "Pedlar (one of a pair)"?

Pedlar (one of a pair) is Soft-paste porcelain.

Is "Pedlar (one of a pair)" in the public domain?

Yes, Pedlar (one of a pair) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Pedlar (one of a pair)

Derby Porcelain Manufactory

ca. 1765

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain

Dimensions

Overall: 10 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (26 × 10.8 cm)

Classification

Ceramics-Porcelain

Culture

British, Derby

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

Accession Number

64.101.746

Tags

Women

About this artwork

This soft-paste porcelain figure depicts a pedlar, an itinerant merchant who traveled from village to village selling small goods carried in a pack. The figure captures this familiar character from eighteenth-century British life with attention to costume and accessories, presenting the pedlar with his characteristic bundle and possibly a box of wares. The sculpture demonstrates the Derby factory's skill in modeling genre subjects that documented contemporary social types while providing decorat...

About the Artist

Derby Porcelain Manufactory · 1751–1785

The Derby Porcelain Manufactory stands as one of the foundational institutions of British ceramic art, producing some of the finest figures and tablewares made in England during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Its origins can be traced to the work of André Planché, a Huguenot immigrant from Saxony who settled in Derby around 1745 and began producing soft-paste porcelain figures and ...

Pedlar (one of a pair)

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