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

Musician

Figure
ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of a gentleman playing a flute and seated on a high-backed chair, and supported on an eight-sided base with gilt lines, and he wears a pink-lined white coat, flowered waistcoat, and lavender-coloured breeches, and his hat hangs on one corner of his chair, and beneath it is an instrument case with books piled upon it.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMusician (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of a gentleman playing a flute and seated on a high-backed chair, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of a gentleman playing a flute and seated on a high-backed chair, and supported on an eight-sided base with gilt lines, and he wears a pink-lined white coat, flowered waistcoat, and lavender-coloured breeches, and his hat hangs on one corner of his chair, and beneath it is an instrument case with books piled upon it.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.9cm
  • Base width: 8.3cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:425/A-1885 (Sch. I 357A)
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Jurnel, Paris, for 9 shillings [?] in November 1880
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 357 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:425-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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