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

Spring as a Girl

Figure
ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a girl representing spring in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. She is seated with flowers in her hands and wreathed round her head. She wears a white-sleeved crimson bodice with turquoise corsage, and flowered white skirt edged with yellow and turquoise. Low scrolled base picked out in gold and decorated with applied flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSpring as a Girl (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt
Brief description
Figure, Spring as a Girl, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1765
Physical description
Figure of a girl representing spring in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. She is seated with flowers in her hands and wreathed round her head. She wears a white-sleeved crimson bodice with turquoise corsage, and flowered white skirt edged with yellow and turquoise. Low scrolled base picked out in gold and decorated with applied flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.7cm
Height converted from imperial
Credit line
Bequeathed by Arthur Hurst
Collection
Accession number
C.305-1940

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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