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

Spring

Figure
early 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a boy, emblematic of Spring, in porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. He sits on a green flowering tree stump and wears a garland of leaves and flowers in his hair, a chocolate-coloured coat, a white waistcoat with blue dots, yellow breeches, white stockings and black shoes with red rosettes. Gilt scrollwork base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSpring (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure of a boy, emblematic of Spring, in porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, early 19th century.
Physical description
Figure of a boy, emblematic of Spring, in porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. He sits on a green flowering tree stump and wears a garland of leaves and flowers in his hair, a chocolate-coloured coat, a white waistcoat with blue dots, yellow breeches, white stockings and black shoes with red rosettes. Gilt scrollwork base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
'No 61' (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1296-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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