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

Figure

ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of an old man representing Winter; he wears a long white coat with a yellow-lined hood, a blue fur-trimmed cap, blue breeches, and yellow stockings, and he stands warming his hands over a brazier, and he is supported on a scrolled base


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, of an old man representing Winter, made by Longton Hall porcelain factory, Longton, ca. 1755.
Physical description
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of an old man representing Winter; he wears a long white coat with a yellow-lined hood, a blue fur-trimmed cap, blue breeches, and yellow stockings, and he stands warming his hands over a brazier, and he is supported on a scrolled base
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mme Beavan, Paris, for £3 in April 1874.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 437 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:169-1885

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
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