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

Figure

ca. 1845 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of Haidee, wearing a V-necked dress with an overskirt and drooping cuffs over baggy bloomers. On her feet are pointed slippers. She wears a necklace and stand on an oblong rockwork base, holding her right hand raised to her bottom and leans slightly forward, her head turned to her left.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Biscuit (soft-paste) porcelain
Brief description
Figure of Haidee, biscuit porcelain; Grainger & Co., England (Worcester), dated 1845
Physical description
Figure of Haidee, wearing a V-necked dress with an overskirt and drooping cuffs over baggy bloomers. On her feet are pointed slippers. She wears a necklace and stand on an oblong rockwork base, holding her right hand raised to her bottom and leans slightly forward, her head turned to her left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Haidee / PUBLISHED, NOV 1ST, 1845 / BY GEORGE GRAINGER / WORCESTER'
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.272-1976

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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