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

Figure Group

ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group in biscuit porcelain of four Cupids slightly draped, accompanied by two dogs and standing with their backs to a tree on a high rocky mound. Two of them carry quivers, one is trying the point of an arrow, and another holds up a torch.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Biscuit porcelain
Brief description
Figure group in biscuit porcelain of four Cupids slightly draped, accompanied by two dogs, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1790.
Physical description
Figure group in biscuit porcelain of four Cupids slightly draped, accompanied by two dogs and standing with their backs to a tree on a high rocky mound. Two of them carry quivers, one is trying the point of an arrow, and another holds up a torch.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'D' surmounted by a crown and crossed batons and six dots (Maker's mark incised on base)
  • 'N 257' (Figure model number incised on base)
  • 'P' (Incised on base)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.278-1935

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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