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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Figure Group

ca. 1850-1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group depicting a Faun and Bacchanals, made at the factory of Roberti, Nove, Italy, about 1850-1900, cream-coloured earthenware


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Materials and techniques
Cream-coloured earthenware
Brief description
Figure group depicting a Faun and Bacchanals, made at the factory of Roberti, Nove, Italy, about 1850-1900, cream-coloured earthenware
Marks and inscriptions
'Nove Antonio Agostinelli' (Incised)
Gallery label
Figure group depicting a Faun and Bacchanals Made at the factory of Roberti, Nove, Italy about 1850-1900 Mark: 'Nove Antonio Agostinelli', incised Cream-coloured earthenware 343 to P-1905 Given by Sir Hickman Bacon, Bart. The Faun is copied from a Graeco-Roman statue of a satyr playing a "scabellum" in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Antonio Agostinelli was one of the three factory managers.(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by Sir Hickman Bacon, Bt
Production
The Faun is copied from a Graeco-Roman statue of a satyr playing a "scabellum" in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Antonio Agostinelli was one of the three factory managers.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
343 to P-1905

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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