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

Fox and the Grapes

Candlestick
1789-1792 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Candlestick of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the form of a tree trunk with lopped branches and a vine with grapes, and entwined round it at the foot is a fox. Oval base painted in gold. Foliate pattern in gold at the edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFox and the Grapes (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Candlestick of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Thomas Flight's factory, Worcester, 1789-1792.
Physical description
Candlestick of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the form of a tree trunk with lopped branches and a vine with grapes, and entwined round it at the foot is a fox. Oval base painted in gold. Foliate pattern in gold at the edge.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.1cm
  • Maximum at base width: 17.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
A crescent below 'Flight' below a crown (Painted in orange)
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1129-1924

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Record createdMay 29, 2009
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