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

Saturn

Statuette
1765-1770 (made), 1760 (modelled)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a boy in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. One foot is slightly raised above an open book of music supported on a flat rococo scrolled base painted with herbage. Red and yellow drapery passes over his left leg and flies out in the wind behind him.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSaturn (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure of a boy in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, from a series of putto as Ovidian Gods, modelled by F.A. Bustelli, 1760, made by Nymphenburg porcelain factory, Nymphenburg, 1765-1770.
Physical description
Figure of a boy in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. One foot is slightly raised above an open book of music supported on a flat rococo scrolled base painted with herbage. Red and yellow drapery passes over his left leg and flies out in the wind behind him.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.2cm
  • Maximum width: 6.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BM' (Incised)
  • 'A' (Incised)
Credit line
Given by Mr J.H. Fitzhenry
Production
Model introduced in 1760, perhaps a model altered by repairer.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.24-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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