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

Sportsman with gun and dog

Figure
ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a huntsman in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. He stands with a rifle at his left and a dog at his right. He wears a powder flask over his turquoise hunting coat and has yellow flowered knee-breeches. He stands on a rocky mound from which grows a tree stump with branches. He is the companion to Circ.240-1931.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSportsman with gun and dog (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure, Sportsman with gun and dog, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1780
Physical description
Figure of a huntsman in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. He stands with a rifle at his left and a dog at his right. He wears a powder flask over his turquoise hunting coat and has yellow flowered knee-breeches. He stands on a rocky mound from which grows a tree stump with branches. He is the companion to Circ.240-1931.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
  • Width: 5cm
Dimensions converted from imperial
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'JW' and 'N' (Incised on base, the former probably the initials of a 'repairer')
  • 'No 50' (Figure model number incised on base)
Credit line
Given by W. A. J. Floersheim
Production
Label - Chelsea-Derby.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.240-1931

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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