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

Boy with basket

Figure
ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure in soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded of a boy standing in a flowered coat holding a basket. Behind is a flowering tree-trunk springing from a rococo-scrolled base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBoy with basket (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded
Brief description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1780
Physical description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded of a boy standing in a flowered coat holding a basket. Behind is a flowering tree-trunk springing from a rococo-scrolled base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
  • Base width: 5.7cm
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray
Production
Label - Chelsea-Derby.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.2579-1910

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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