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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. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a peasant woman with measures full of grain in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. She wears a red fillet in her hair, yellow bodice, purple skirt flowered in green and carries a cylindrical measure with grain on her left hand. Over her left forearm hangs a cloth, and with her right hand she holds the measure. Her feet are bare. A measure stands behind her on a heap of stones.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure of a peasant woman with measures full of grain in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, modelled by Lejeune, Ludwigsburg porcelain factory, Ludwigsburg, ca. 1765.
Physical description
Figure of a peasant woman with measures full of grain in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. She wears a red fillet in her hair, yellow bodice, purple skirt flowered in green and carries a cylindrical measure with grain on her left hand. Over her left forearm hangs a cloth, and with her right hand she holds the measure. Her feet are bare. A measure stands behind her on a heap of stones.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
Interlaced 'C's' under a crown (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1614-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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