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

Figure

ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a boy with a whistle in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. He wears a pink cap with the brim turned up in front, a white jacket spotted in green, pale yellow trousers, and he is bare legged. He leans on a tree stump with his left hand and his left foot raised on a stone. He holds a whistle near his mouth and looks to the right.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure of a boy with a whistle in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, modelled by Melchior, Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Figure of a boy with a whistle in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. He wears a pink cap with the brim turned up in front, a white jacket spotted in green, pale yellow trousers, and he is bare legged. He leans on a tree stump with his left hand and his left foot raised on a stone. He holds a whistle near his mouth and looks to the right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A wheel (In blue)
  • 'I.I.F.B.4' (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1514-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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