Music of shepherds

The pastoral music. A lady in shepherd's clothes accompanies the flute play of a gentleman standing beside her on the dulcimer. In front of both is a small boy with a bagpipes. The dress of the lady is purplish purple and gold-flowered. The gentleman in a light-yellow jacket and iron-red knee-pants, the boy in an iron-studded white jacket, and purple and light-blue striped knee-pants. The chopping board stands on gilt-roasted seed beads. A lying lamb and a dog complete the group. The pedestal consists of gray-green lawned ground with a light gray and brown-colored stone edge. Bottom glass wheel with spa hat. After the Norn's homonymous engraving, oozing a fourth person and architectural accessories. The model was made 1751-1756 with seed base, which was later changed into the fuselage base to suit the fashion. Described and depicted in "The Hoechst Porcelain in Mainz 1925", p. 27 and Plate 17

source: Auktionskatalog Hans W. Lange, Wertvolles Kunstgewerbe, Berlin, 19.-21. Mai 1941, S. 137-138. Nr. 675, Taf. 76