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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bust

ca. 1747-1749 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bust of a baby boy in soft-paste porcelain and mounted on a modern wooden stand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain and mounted on a wooden stand
Brief description
Bust of a baby boy in soft-paste porcelain and mounted on a modern wooden stand, Chelsea porcelain factory, Chelsea, ca. 1747-1749.
Physical description
Bust of a baby boy in soft-paste porcelain and mounted on a modern wooden stand.
Dimensions
  • Bust height: 12.7cm
  • Maximum width: 8.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
Raised anchor
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Mallet, J.V.G.. Some Baroque sources of English ornamental porcelains A paper read at the weekend seminar Fire and Form – The Baroque and its influence on English Ceramics, c. 1660-1760, 26th-27th March 2011, published English Ceramics Circle, 2013, pp123-146. Illustrated fig. 6, 127p. The source is given as François Duquesnoy (Il Fiammingo), 1597-1643, probably via Roman plaster casts available in 18th century London.
Collection
Accession number
C.34-1975

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Record createdMarch 16, 1999
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