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

Figure

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

Figure in porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of a boy dressed as a huntsman, blowing a horn, with a dog at his side, and they stand on a green mound.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure in porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of a boy dressed as a huntsman, blowing a horn, and with a dog at his side, made by Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Figure in porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of a boy dressed as a huntsman, blowing a horn, with a dog at his side, and they stand on a green mound.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 2.5cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a set of thirteen figures made for mounting as seals 414:327/A to I, K to N-1885 (Sch. I 426A to I, K to N).
This seal was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber at a sale at Christie's for 10 shillings and 6 pence in 1874.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Barrett, Franklin A. & Arthur L. Thorpe. Derby Porcelain, 1750-1848. London : Faber & Faber, 1971.
Other number
Sch. I 426G - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:327/G-1885

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Record createdJanuary 13, 2009
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