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

St. Phillip

Figure
ca. 1752-1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Derby Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Carlini, Agostino (modelled by)
Place of origin
Derby (manufactured)

Figure of St. Philip in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. He is standing barefoot, wearing a red cap, fur-collared pale pink cloak, pale yellow-lined, over a pale yellow tunic with red edging and pink girdle and pale yellow trousers; in his right hand he holds a crucifix, and at his feet is an over-turned basket of fruit. Mound base moulded with rococo scrollwork picked out in pink and gold.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Figure
TitleSt. Phillip (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt
Brief description
Figure of St. Phillip, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, Derby Porcelain Factory, ca. 1752-1755
Physical description
Figure of St. Philip in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. He is standing barefoot, wearing a red cap, fur-collared pale pink cloak, pale yellow-lined, over a pale yellow tunic with red edging and pink girdle and pale yellow trousers; in his right hand he holds a crucifix, and at his feet is an over-turned basket of fruit. Mound base moulded with rococo scrollwork picked out in pink and gold.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Helena Hill
Production
The original model is attributed to Agostino Carlini (see References, where this model is dated to ca. 1752-1755)
Subject depicted
Philip (Saint)
Bibliographic references
  • Mallet, J.V.G. 'Agostino Carlini and Dry-Edge Derby' in Walford, Tom and Hilary Young British Ceramic Design, 1600-2002: Papers presented at the colloquium celebrating the 75th anniversary of the English Ceramic Circle, 1927-2002. 2003, p. 47, fig. 7.
  • Bundock, Nicholas, ‘The Derby “Dry-Edge” Apostles’, English Ceramic Circle Transactions. Vol. 24, 2013, pp. 177-94
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.36-1944

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O165390/st-phillip-figure-carlini-agostino/
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