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

Figure

1950 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain figure of a clown, cast with applied decoration and a grey slip, salt-glazed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, cast with applied decoration and a grey slip, salt-glazed
Brief description
Figure of a clown in porcelain cast with applied decoration and a grey slip, made by William Gordon, The Walton Pottery Co., Chesterfield, 1950.
Physical description
Porcelain figure of a clown, cast with applied decoration and a grey slip, salt-glazed.
Dimensions
  • Depth: 7.00cm
  • Height: 36.00cm
Object history
Acquisition details: the pottery

RF number: 50/941
Production
Pottery: The Walton Pottery Co., Chesterfield
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.186-1950

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2000
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