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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

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure in soft-paste porcelain of a crane made in imitation of Chinese Dehua porcelain, and the figure stand beside the stump of a tree on which is applied three large flowers with foliage


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
White glazed soft-paste porcelain
Brief description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain of a crane made in imitation of Chinese Dehua porcelain, and the figure stand beside the stump of a tree, Longton Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, ca. 1750.
Physical description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain of a crane made in imitation of Chinese Dehua porcelain, and the figure stand beside the stump of a tree on which is applied three large flowers with foliage
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dalgleish, London, for £1 in February 1868
Acquired as Bow or Chelsea porcelain.
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 9 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:151-1885

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Record createdDecember 1, 2008
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