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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. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of three Savoyard musicians. One man stands on an upturned tub playing the fiddle, and wears a brown hat, white cape flowered red, white coat, green apron, yellow breeches, white stockings and black shoes. On the ground at his right is a small boy attired in a brown hat, green neckerchief, white coat, white breeches striped in red and green, white stockings and black shoes. Facing the fiddler and seated on a barrel is a man playing the bagpipes, and he wears a white cap with a red feather, a striped suit, white stockings, and black shoes. Green base with rococo scrolls in gold round the edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure group in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of three Savoyard musicians, modelled by K. Linck, Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, Frankenthal, 1770.
Physical description
Figure group in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of three Savoyard musicians. One man stands on an upturned tub playing the fiddle, and wears a brown hat, white cape flowered red, white coat, green apron, yellow breeches, white stockings and black shoes. On the ground at his right is a small boy attired in a brown hat, green neckerchief, white coat, white breeches striped in red and green, white stockings and black shoes. Facing the fiddler and seated on a barrel is a man playing the bagpipes, and he wears a white cap with a red feather, a striped suit, white stockings, and black shoes. Green base with rococo scrolls in gold round the edge.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'C T' [In monogram] under a crown (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1570-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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