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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

1752-1753 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure in glazed soft-paste porcelain of a hurdy-gurdy player. He stands before a tree stump and holds the hurdy-gurdy in front of him. Almost-square mound base with applied flowers and leaves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed soft-paste porcelain
Brief description
Figure in glazed soft-paste porcelain of a hurdy-gurdy player, Chelsea Porcelain factory, Chelsea, 1752-1753.
Physical description
Figure in glazed soft-paste porcelain of a hurdy-gurdy player. He stands before a tree stump and holds the hurdy-gurdy in front of him. Almost-square mound base with applied flowers and leaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.6cm
Credit line
Given by Mr W. A. J. Floersheim, Esq.
Object history
Modelled by Josef Willems after a Meissen original model.
Subjects depicted
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. 6, p. 401 for comparison with the version of the model made at Charles Gouyn's (Girl-in-a-Swing) factory.
Collection
Accession number
C.149-1931

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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