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

Group

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Group of hard-paste porcelain. On a high, scrolled rococo base, from folds of which appear a wyvern, a snake and a lion, is seated a female figure, perhaps intended to represent Hope. A mark against her leg suggests that she held a spear in her now damaged right hand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Group, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Fürstenberg Porcelain, Brunswick, Germany, ca. 1760
Physical description
Group of hard-paste porcelain. On a high, scrolled rococo base, from folds of which appear a wyvern, a snake and a lion, is seated a female figure, perhaps intended to represent Hope. A mark against her leg suggests that she held a spear in her now damaged right hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
A crossed Z, painted in black
Credit line
Given by Mr Alfred Spero
Production
Previously attribted to perphas Pfalz-Zweibrücken porcelain factory on the register.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ducret, Siegfried. Unknown porcelain of the late 18th century. Frankfurt am Main, L. Woeller Verlag, 1956, Plate 3.
Collection
Accession number
C.61-1939

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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