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

Figure

ca. 1752-1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
London (made)

Figure of a beggar, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels. He is standing, in a ragged white robe and breeches and black shoes, holding forward for alms in his right hand a black hat, containing a coin. Square base with the corners cut off and applied leaves and flowers.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Figures & Decorative Ceramics
Object type
Figure
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Soft Paste Porcelain
Enamel
Painted
Brief description
Figure of a beggar, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, about 1752-55.
Physical description
Figure of a beggar, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels. He is standing, in a ragged white robe and breeches and black shoes, holding forward for alms in his right hand a black hat, containing a coin. Square base with the corners cut off and applied leaves and flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor, in red
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Object history
London, Stoner & Evans, 1929. From the Dr. Statham Collection.
Subject depicted
Beggars
Associated object
C.84A-1938
Bibliographic references
  • Honey, W. B. Old English porcelain. London: Faber & Faber, 1948, Pl. 13A, p. 60.
  • Honey, W. B. Old English porcelain. London: Faber & Faber, 1977, Pl. 17a.
  • Bradshaw, Peter "18th century English Porcealin Figures, 1745-1795", in Antique Collector's Club, 1981, pp. 101, pl. 29.
  • Mallet, J.V.G.. Some Baroque sources of English ornamental porcelains A paper read at the weekend seminar Fire and Form – The Baroque and its influence on English Ceramics, c. 1660-1760, 26th-27th March 2011, published English Ceramics Circle, 2013, pp123-146. Illustrated with C.84A-1938 fig. 14, 131p. 'Pair of figures of Beggars, soft-paste porcelain, Chelsea, attributed to the modeller Joseph Willems, 1754-55.'
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.84-1938

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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