Not currently on display at the V&A

Figure

ca.1800 (made)
Place of origin

Figure of vestal virgin: a robed female figure holding in one hand a flaming urn, and in the otehr, a jug. Pale green, lilac, brick red, brown and blue.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
earthenware, moulded and painted in colours
Brief description
Figure, vestal virgin, earthenware, Staffordshire, ca.1800
Physical description
Figure of vestal virgin: a robed female figure holding in one hand a flaming urn, and in the otehr, a jug. Pale green, lilac, brick red, brown and blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.6cm
converted from register
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Object history
Bequeathed by Mrs Mary B. Serageant
Production
attributed to 'Wood factory' in register but no evidence for this
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Halfpenny, Pat, English Earthenware Figures: 1740-1840 (Antique Collectors' Club: 1995), p. 208.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.464-1967

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Record createdApril 15, 2009
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