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

Figure

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a boy, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. He is seated on an upturned basket, and wears a sleeveless jacket striped and flowered in brown; barefoot. Over his right knee he holds his hat, filled with grapes, some of which he is raising to his mouth with his right hand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Figure of a boy, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, Kloster-Veilsdorf porcelain factory, Germany (Thuringia), 18th century
Physical description
Figure of a boy, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. He is seated on an upturned basket, and wears a sleeveless jacket striped and flowered in brown; barefoot. Over his right knee he holds his hat, filled with grapes, some of which he is raising to his mouth with his right hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.0cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.701-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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