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

Statuette

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Statuette of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. A standing figure of a vintager in a yellow hat, pink coat, white gold-braided waistcoat, green apron, yellow knee-breeches, white stockings and black shoes, and with a wooden carrier full of grapes at his feet, a bunch of grapes in his left hand and a knife in his right hand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Statuette of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Imperial Vienna Porcelain factory, Vienna, ca. 1765
Physical description
Statuette of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. A standing figure of a vintager in a yellow hat, pink coat, white gold-braided waistcoat, green apron, yellow knee-breeches, white stockings and black shoes, and with a wooden carrier full of grapes at his feet, a bunch of grapes in his left hand and a knife in his right hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.5cm
  • Base width: 5.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
A shield with the arms of Austria (In blue)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.2574-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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