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

Figure

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure in hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Standing figure of a young woman in a gold patterned bodice, flowered pink apron over a white skirt with blue spots, white stockings and purple shoes. She holds a basket of flowers under her right arm. Vegetables lie at her feet on the base and behind her is a spade leaning against a large rococo-scrolled vase.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded
Brief description
Figure in hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded, modelled by F.A. Bustelli, Ludwigsburg porcelain factory, Ludwigsburg, ca. 1765
Physical description
Figure in hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Standing figure of a young woman in a gold patterned bodice, flowered pink apron over a white skirt with blue spots, white stockings and purple shoes. She holds a basket of flowers under her right arm. Vegetables lie at her feet on the base and behind her is a spade leaning against a large rococo-scrolled vase.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.1cm
  • Base width: 7.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • double 'C's under a crown (In black-blue)
  • 'S' (In red)
  • 'no 52' (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.2578-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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