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

Figure

probably 1857 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of 'Comedy', parian ware. Seated female figure with long hair in long tunic caught up at the waist and with open sandals in Classical style; holding a garland of roses and other flowers seated on a rock with a primula at its base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Parian
Brief description
Figure of 'Comedy', parian ware, modelled by John Bell, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, England, probably 1857
Physical description
Figure of 'Comedy', parian ware. Seated female figure with long hair in long tunic caught up at the waist and with open sandals in Classical style; holding a garland of roses and other flowers seated on a rock with a primula at its base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.5cm
Credit line
Given by Miss Beatrice Cast
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.34-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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