Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Figure

1800-1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a lion with one paw raised on a ball. On the base is painted to imitate marble and decorated with a band of white, yellow and turquoise ornament. Earthenware painted in enamel colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure of a lion, earthenware painted with enamels, probably Staffordshire, 1800-1820.
Physical description
Figure of a lion with one paw raised on a ball. On the base is painted to imitate marble and decorated with a band of white, yellow and turquoise ornament. Earthenware painted in enamel colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.8cm
  • Length: 27.3cm
converted from registers
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Bought from the Haliburton Collection
Object history
Purchased, Haliburton collection
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Halfpenny, Pat, English Earthenware Figures: 1740-1840 (Antique Collectors' Club: 1995). p.196.
Collection
Accession number
62-1874

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Record createdApril 6, 2009
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