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

Figure

ca. 1756-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and slightly gilded, of a boy, probably representing Autumn, sitting on a tree stump on a rococo scrolled base; he leans to the left on a small cask, and wears a plumed black hat, a red coat over a white waistcoat, crimson breeches tied below the knee, loose white stockings, and black shoes


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, of a boy with a barrel sitting on a tree stump on a rococo scrolled base, Vauxhall porcelain factory, London, ca. 1756-60
Physical description
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and slightly gilded, of a boy, probably representing Autumn, sitting on a tree stump on a rococo scrolled base; he leans to the left on a small cask, and wears a plumed black hat, a red coat over a white waistcoat, crimson breeches tied below the knee, loose white stockings, and black shoes
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Acquired as Longton Hall
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Nixon & Rhodes, London, in June 1868 [price not recorded]
Production
Previously attributed to Longton Hall
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 429 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:681-1885

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
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