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

Candlestick Figure

ca. 1755-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Candlestick with a figure of Punch in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Punch dances with his right foot raised and hold up a lantern in his right hand. He wears a striped and flowered harlequin jacket, flowered breeches, yellow shoes and a hat. He leans against a stump and the socket is formed of leaves. The stump and the scrolled base is picked out in green, yellow and crimson and decorated with applied flowers.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Candlestick with a figure of Punch in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1755-1760.
Physical description
Candlestick with a figure of Punch in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Punch dances with his right foot raised and hold up a lantern in his right hand. He wears a striped and flowered harlequin jacket, flowered breeches, yellow shoes and a hat. He leans against a stump and the socket is formed of leaves. The stump and the scrolled base is picked out in green, yellow and crimson and decorated with applied flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.8cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Production
Bradshaw D5 p66 Punch not Harlequin. Register entry Punch not Harlequin.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.668-1925

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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