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

Female musician

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

Figure of a girl playing a hurdy-gurdy in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. She stands on a rococo scrolled base with flowers in relief.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFemale musician (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure of a girl playing a hurdy-gurdy in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1780
Physical description
Figure of a girl playing a hurdy-gurdy in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. She stands on a rococo scrolled base with flowers in relief.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'No 10' (Figure model number incised on base)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sydney A. Erwood
Subjects depicted
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
C.239-1922

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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