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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

1745-1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a huntress in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. The woman is wearing a panniered skirt, short flounced coat and small cap, and she holds a fowling-piece against her right arm, and advances her left hand palm outwards. No base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure of a huntress in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Imperial Vienna Porcelain factory, Vienna, 1745-1755.
Physical description
Figure of a huntress in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. The woman is wearing a panniered skirt, short flounced coat and small cap, and she holds a fowling-piece against her right arm, and advances her left hand palm outwards. No base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
Shield of Austria and 'i' (Impressed)
Credit line
Purchased under the bequest of Captain H.B. Murray.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.67-1939

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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