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

Fiddle player

Figure
1763 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a fiddler, hard-paste porcelain. He is seated cross-legged on a cushion placed over a scrolled chair in the form of crossed S's, his left elbow resting on his music-book which is supported on a stand in the form of a winged cherub's head on a scroll-footed pedestal, all on a gilt-fringed circular red carpet. He is wearing a full-sleeved white blouse, black breeches and white stockings, one of which is slipping down; his hat and one of his shoes lie on the floor.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFiddle player
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Figure of a fiddle player from a series of musicians, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels; modelled by J.C.W. Beyer; made by Ludwigsburg porcelain factory, Germany, Ludwigsburg, 1763.
Physical description
Figure of a fiddler, hard-paste porcelain. He is seated cross-legged on a cushion placed over a scrolled chair in the form of crossed S's, his left elbow resting on his music-book which is supported on a stand in the form of a winged cherub's head on a scroll-footed pedestal, all on a gilt-fringed circular red carpet. He is wearing a full-sleeved white blouse, black breeches and white stockings, one of which is slipping down; his hat and one of his shoes lie on the floor.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
  • Base width: 12.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Interlaced 'C's' in underglaze blue
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest
Production
Modelled by Johann Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Beyer (1725-1806) for the musicians series created in 1763
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.674-1917

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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