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

Figure

ca. 1751-1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a man playing a hurdy-gurdy in glazed white soft-paste porcelain. He stands with his right foot foremost and wears knee-breeches, jacket with a ribbon tied at the neck and a tailed cap with a feather. Square base with bevelled edges and corners.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, glazed
Brief description
Figure of a man playing a hurdy-gurdy in glazed white soft-paste porcelain, Charles Gouyn's factory, London, ca. 1751-1755.
Physical description
Figure of a man playing a hurdy-gurdy in glazed white soft-paste porcelain. He stands with his right foot foremost and wears knee-breeches, jacket with a ribbon tied at the neck and a tailed cap with a feather. Square base with bevelled edges and corners.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.3cm
  • Approx. for base square width: 6.7cm
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Object history
See C.328-1919
Subjects depicted
Associated object
c.328-1919 (Pair)
Bibliographic reference
Manners, Errol. A Documentary ‘Girl-in-a-Swing’ Seal and other considerations on the porcelain of Charles Gouyn’s factory. English Ceramics Circle Transactions, Volume 18, part 3, 2004, pp 398-407. Illustrated fig. 5, p.400.
Collection
Accession number
C.689-1920

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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