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

St. Agnes

Statuette
ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of St. Agnes, hard-paste porcelain. She is standing, dressed in a flowering pink robe, with a red band round her head; she holds a lamb in her arms. Small green moulded base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSt. Agnes
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Figure of St. Agnes, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels; Germany, Thuringia, Gera, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Figure of St. Agnes, hard-paste porcelain. She is standing, dressed in a flowering pink robe, with a red band round her head; she holds a lamb in her arms. Small green moulded base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'G' in underglaze blue
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.408-1926

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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