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

Triton

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

Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, of Triton holding a cornucopia and is supported on a rocky base covered with weeds and shells.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTriton (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, of Triton holding a cornucopia, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, of Triton holding a cornucopia and is supported on a rocky base covered with weeds and shells.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'G' (Incised on base)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Historical significance: A copy of a triton candlestick made by Wedgwood from 1769, one that lacks the Berniniesque torsion and force of the original. Wedgwood borrowed the original model for his version from the architect Sir William Chambers, for whom the metalworker D.N. Anderson had been making triton candlesticks. Wedgwood's design was later also pirated by Wood & Caldwell.

Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dirksen, The Hague, for £4 10 shillings in October 1873
Production
Label - copied from one of Wedgwoods models.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Young, Hilary (ed.). The Genius of Wedgwood. London : Victoria & Albert Museum, 1995 D40
Other number
Sch. I 347 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:414-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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