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Figure
Vauxhall porcelain factory - Enlarge image
Figure
- Place of origin:
London (made)
- Date:
ca. 1753-1755 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Vauxhall porcelain factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:30-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 6, shelf 7
Physical description
Figure group, of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of a naked boy on a galloping horse with a dog; he sits on a lion's skin thrown over the horse's back; they are supported on an oblong base with rounded ends, on which are applied flowers and foliage
Place of Origin
London (made)
Date
ca. 1753-1755 (made)
Artist/maker
Vauxhall porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Dimensions
Height: 14.9 cm, Length: 18.4 cm
Object history note
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Kerridge, London, for £5 in November 1873.
Acquired as Bow porcelain.
Descriptive line
Figure group, of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of a naked boy on a galloping horse with a dog, made by Vauxhall porcelain factory, London, ca. 1753-55
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Arthur Lane, English Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century, 1961, pp. 38 and 117 and pl. 81B
Production Note
Previously attributed to Longton Hall. The model is copied from a seventeenth century bronze of Cupid galloping on horseback attributed to Francesco Fanelli, who was active in England ca. 1610-42 (Arthur Lane, English Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century, 1961, pp. 38 and 117 and pl. 81B)
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Painted
Subjects depicted
Dog (animal); Horse; Boy
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
Ceramics Collection
