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

Group

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

Group of a woman with two children, hard-paste porcelain, She is standing barefoot, wearing a blue bodice, white skirt and shawl, pale yellow petticoat and red-spotted cap. On her back is a boy in green, and by her left side is another boy in a light reddish-brown coat, light green scarf and white shirt and breeches, holding a red cap in his right hand. Square base coloured red with patches of light green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Group of a woman with two children, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur Berlin, Germany, ca. 1775
Physical description
Group of a woman with two children, hard-paste porcelain, She is standing barefoot, wearing a blue bodice, white skirt and shawl, pale yellow petticoat and red-spotted cap. On her back is a boy in green, and by her left side is another boy in a light reddish-brown coat, light green scarf and white shirt and breeches, holding a red cap in his right hand. Square base coloured red with patches of light green.
Marks and inscriptions
A sceptre, in underglaze blue
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.99-1928

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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