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

Diana with a hunting-dog

Figure
ca. 1755-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Derby Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Derby (made)

Figure of Diana with a hunting dog in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. She stands with her dog to her left. She wears a long flowered tunic with a crimson sash and gold edging, and sandals bound with crimson fastenings. A quiver is on her back. Scrolled base picked out in purple, and low mound and stump with applied flowers and leaves.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Figure
TitleDiana with a hunting-dog (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Soft Paste Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Figure of Diana with a hunting dog in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1755-1760.
Physical description
Figure of Diana with a hunting dog in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. She stands with her dog to her left. She wears a long flowered tunic with a crimson sash and gold edging, and sandals bound with crimson fastenings. A quiver is on her back. Scrolled base picked out in purple, and low mound and stump with applied flowers and leaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Production
Bradshaw D27 p77.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Goddess
Dog
Quiver
Scroll
Flowers
Leaves
Diana
Bibliographic references
  • Honey, W. B. Old English Porcelain. London : Faber&Faber, 1948. 108 p., note 5, 110 p.
  • Dixon, J. L. English Porcelain of the 18th Century. London : Faber & Faber, 1952. pp.16,17, pl.38.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.711-1925

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
Record URL
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