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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

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

Figure of a herm in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. The herm, bearded, with long hair, wears a white robe and a crimson-striped scarf, and he is bent forward and hold his hands to his chest. surmounted on a rococo-scrolled and foliate volute, picked out in crimson and moulded in relief at the back with acanthus foliage.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Figure of a herm in soft-paste porcelain, Naples Royal Porcelain Factory, Naples, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Figure of a herm in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. The herm, bearded, with long hair, wears a white robe and a crimson-striped scarf, and he is bent forward and hold his hands to his chest. surmounted on a rococo-scrolled and foliate volute, picked out in crimson and moulded in relief at the back with acanthus foliage.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'RF' under a crown (In black)
Gallery label
Herm Figure PAIR OF HERM FIGURES Porcelain Mark: 'RF', under a crown, in black ITALY (NAPLES); about 1775 C.93 & A-1930 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Object history
One of a pair with C.93A-1930.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.93-1930

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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