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

Tavern Scene with Drinking

Figure Group
1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group of a tavern scene in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. At a rectangular table one man is seating and leaning forward, resting his head on his arms, while another stands drinking from a tankard, and a third stands embracing a maid. By one leg of the table a dog is gnawing a bone.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTavern Scene with Drinking (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure group of a tavern scene in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, possibly modelled by J. Nees, Ludwigsburg porcelain factory, Ludwigsburg, 1760-1770.
Physical description
Figure group of a tavern scene in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. At a rectangular table one man is seating and leaning forward, resting his head on his arms, while another stands drinking from a tankard, and a third stands embracing a maid. By one leg of the table a dog is gnawing a bone.
Dimensions
  • Width: 7.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'C's under a crown (In blue)
  • 'S' (In red)
  • 'Z Fcler' [indistinct] (Incised)
Credit line
Purchased with funds from the Captain H.B. Murray Bequest
Object history
From the Venetian Fair series.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.952-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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