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

Earth

Figure
ca. 1772 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Earth represented as a young husband-man with eyes, eyebrows, and nostrils picked out in black, and lips in red; he wears a cloak thrown back from his shoulders over a sleeveless flowered tunic with gold spots and gold lines round the edges, and purple sandals; he stands beside a tree-stump with his left foot raised on the blade of a spade, on the handle of which rests both his hands; at his feet is an overturned basket of fruit and vegetables, with a rake and a hoe


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEarth (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Earth represented as a young husband-man, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1772
Physical description
Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Earth represented as a young husband-man with eyes, eyebrows, and nostrils picked out in black, and lips in red; he wears a cloak thrown back from his shoulders over a sleeveless flowered tunic with gold spots and gold lines round the edges, and purple sandals; he stands beside a tree-stump with his left foot raised on the blade of a spade, on the handle of which rests both his hands; at his feet is an overturned basket of fruit and vegetables, with a rake and a hoe
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mrs Haliburton, Richmond, for £5 5 shillings in July 1868
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 744 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:732-1885

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Record createdFebruary 10, 2009
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