Not currently on display at the V&A

Figure Group

ca. 1790-1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group, Charity. The figure of Charity is dresses in a long flowered robe with yellow hems and a pale violet-pink mantel with hood, hemmed in green, and holds an infant in swaddling clothes. At her left side is a naked boy, and on her right another boy dressed in red costume clasping a book(?) and set square.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
earthenware, painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Figure group, 'Charity', earthenware, Staffordshire, 1790-1810
Physical description
Figure group, Charity. The figure of Charity is dresses in a long flowered robe with yellow hems and a pale violet-pink mantel with hood, hemmed in green, and holds an infant in swaddling clothes. At her left side is a naked boy, and on her right another boy dressed in red costume clasping a book(?) and set square.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.1cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Bequeathed by M. G. A. Graham
Object history
Bequeathed by M.C.A.Graham
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Halfpenny, Pat, English Earthenware Figures: 1740-1840 (Antique Collectors' Club: 1995), pl.12 & 25
  • Read, H., Staffordshire Pottery Figures, pl.38
Collection
Accession number
C.79-1952

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Record createdMay 6, 2009
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