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

St. Philip

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

Figure of St Philip in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. He has a long beard and is standing barefoot, both arms held out. Behind him is a basket lying on its side with fruit (?) falling out. He wears an ermine-lined purple cloak, whit fur cape, purple-flowered pink tunic with turquoise sash, red trousers and red cap. Mound base decorated with rococo scrolls picked out in turquoise and gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSt. Philip (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure of St. Philip, soft-paste porcelain enamelled in colours and gilt, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1760
Physical description
Figure of St Philip in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. He has a long beard and is standing barefoot, both arms held out. Behind him is a basket lying on its side with fruit (?) falling out. He wears an ermine-lined purple cloak, whit fur cape, purple-flowered pink tunic with turquoise sash, red trousers and red cap. Mound base decorated with rococo scrolls picked out in turquoise and gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24cm
Height convered from imperial
Credit line
Bequeathed by Arthur Hurst
Production
Original model attributed to Agostino Carlini
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Bundock, Nicholas, ‘The Derby “Dry-Edge” Apostles’, English Ceramic Circle Transactions. Vol. 24, 2013, pp. 177-94
  • 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, compare fig. 7.
Collection
Accession number
C.299-1940

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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