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

Figure

ca. 1760-1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of a cockerel supported on a mound with applied flowers and foliage and a scrolled edge


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Brief description
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of a cockerel, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1760-65
Physical description
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of a cockerel supported on a mound with applied flowers and foliage and a scrolled edge
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.5cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with hen 414:226/A-1885 (Sch. I 60A)
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Wareham, London, for £7 in 1873.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 60 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:226-1885

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
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