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

Jewish pedlar

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

Figure of a female Jewish pedlar in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels. She is standing, a box of trinkets in front of her, a bunch of ribbons in her left hand. She wears a mauve-lined pale yellow dress with flowered white underskirt, turquoise green cape flung back, white cape with red bacn and black shoes. Mound base with applied flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleJewish pedlar (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure of a Jewish pedlar, one of a pair, soft-paste porcelain enamelled in colours and gilt, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1760
Physical description
Figure of a female Jewish pedlar in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels. She is standing, a box of trinkets in front of her, a bunch of ribbons in her left hand. She wears a mauve-lined pale yellow dress with flowered white underskirt, turquoise green cape flung back, white cape with red bacn and black shoes. Mound base with applied flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.3cm
Height converted from imperial
Credit line
Bequeathed by Arthur Hurst
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
C.297-1940

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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