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Dresden shepherdess
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tags: [garniture]
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Definition:refers to one of the more popular motifs of procelain figurines produced at a factory near Dresden, Germany. Such "Dresden porcelain" figurines once commonly adorned many British fireplace mantels and tables during the 18th and 19th centuries.
photo: by Hiart, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21322932
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“Of course she longs to have a ball in her honor,” gushed Lady Crowan. “What girl wouldn’t? You’d look sweet, Mrs. de Winter, dressed as a little Dresden shepherdess, your hair tucked under a big three-cornered hat.”
Daphne du Maurier. Rebecca (1938)
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