of oval form, with ?C? shaped handle, straight spout and low domed cover, the body exquisitely painted in shaded famille rose enamels, with a landscape, three maidens in the foreground, two sheep at their sides and, behind a fence, three farmhands working in the fields. Two of the maidens carry sheaves of corn; the first dressed in a pink skirt, the second, in a yellow skirt, also carrying a hoe, the third resting on a shepherd?s crook; in the background two farm boys busily harvesting corn, while a third boy, in a yellow hat, a hoe in his hand, looks on, a tree in the foreground, a mountain in the background. The reverse similarly decorated, the cover further decorated with a fence, mountains, stylised rockwork, and a tree, standing on a shallow footrim, the base glazed.
Literature
or an example of this scene on a plate, see La Porcelaine des Compagnies Des Indes, Hervouet, published Paris 1986, page 87, plate 4.18, where they date the design to 1755.
