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

Figure

ca. 1750-52 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a cow lying down, forming a candlestick, of soft-paste porcelain. Beside the cow is a tree-stump forming the candle-socket; on the base are applied flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain
Brief description
Figure of a cow lying down, forming a candlestick, of soft-paste porcelain, probably Longton Hall porcelain factory, England (Staffordshire), ca. 1750-52
Physical description
Figure of a cow lying down, forming a candlestick, of soft-paste porcelain. Beside the cow is a tree-stump forming the candle-socket; on the base are applied flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Length: 16.8cm
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • MacAlister, Mrs. Donarld, 'Early Staffordshire China' in E.C.C. Trans. No.1 1933, p. 46, items 5.
  • Honey, W. B. Old English porcelain; a handbook for collectors London: Faber & Faber, 1948, p. 81
Collection
Accession number
2903-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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