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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. 1755-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a man playing a flute in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. He is seated on a stump and wears a long white coat lined with pale yellow flowered breeches, pink shoes and pink three-cornered hat. Irregular base moulded in relief with foliate scrolls coloured green and pink.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Figure of a man playing a flute in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, ca. 1755-1760.
Physical description
Figure of a man playing a flute in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. He is seated on a stump and wears a long white coat lined with pale yellow flowered breeches, pink shoes and pink three-cornered hat. Irregular base moulded in relief with foliate scrolls coloured green and pink.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.7cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.678-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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