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

Figure Group

ca.1840-50 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Group of highlander and lady. He is standing to the left, the lady seated to the right. He wears a dark blue coat, pink kilt, hat with green feather and holds an orange scarf over his arm; in his right hand is a wreath of flowers. She weras a dark blue jacket, white skirt strewn with small black flowers, white hat with pink feather and holds a wreath in her left hand; her right arm is passed round the stem of the flowring plant standing between them. large oval base with gilt line.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Figure group, highlander and lady, earthenware, Staffordshire, ca.1840-50
Physical description
Group of highlander and lady. He is standing to the left, the lady seated to the right. He wears a dark blue coat, pink kilt, hat with green feather and holds an orange scarf over his arm; in his right hand is a wreath of flowers. She weras a dark blue jacket, white skirt strewn with small black flowers, white hat with pink feather and holds a wreath in her left hand; her right arm is passed round the stem of the flowring plant standing between them. large oval base with gilt line.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.8cm
converted from register
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by Mr J. D. Kennedy through Art Fund
Object history
Given by Mr. J.D.Kennedy through the National Art Collections Fund
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.447-1928

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Record createdMay 12, 2009
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