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

Mug

ca. 1735 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Cylindrical in shape with a baroque handle. Decorated with five nude boys dancing in a ring in a landscape, and another boy in peasant's clothes plays the guitar. Borders round the top and bottom painted in silver.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Mug of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, probably painted by Christian Frey, Du Paquier porcelain factory, Vienna, c. 1735.
Physical description
Mug of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Cylindrical in shape with a baroque handle. Decorated with five nude boys dancing in a ring in a landscape, and another boy in peasant's clothes plays the guitar. Borders round the top and bottom painted in silver.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.8cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Credit line
Given by J. Nachemsohn
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.741-1923

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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