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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. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a bearded sportsman in soft-paste porcelain and painted with enamels. He is seated on a tree stump with applied leaves and flowers, and leaning forwards, his gun in his left hand. He wears a pink long skirted jacket with pale lilac and white sleeves, grey breeches and a feathered three-cornered black hat.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure of a bearded sportsman in soft-paste porcelain and painted with enamels, modelled by J. Willems, Chelsea Porcelain factory, Chelsea, ca. 1755.
Physical description
Figure of a bearded sportsman in soft-paste porcelain and painted with enamels. He is seated on a tree stump with applied leaves and flowers, and leaning forwards, his gun in his left hand. He wears a pink long skirted jacket with pale lilac and white sleeves, grey breeches and a feathered three-cornered black hat.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.9cm
  • Width: 13cm
  • Length: 17.5cm
Conversion from the Register
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
Object history
Companion piece to C.194-1940.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.193-1940

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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