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

Figure

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a man with a magic lantern in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Walking with his right foot forward, he plays a hurdy-gurdy suspended from his shoulder. On his back is the lantern. He wears a blue jacket over a pink waistcoat, crimson flowered breeches and black hat and boots. Circular base with a crimson shell in relief and applied flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure of a man with a magic lantern in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Figure of a man with a magic lantern in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Walking with his right foot forward, he plays a hurdy-gurdy suspended from his shoulder. On his back is the lantern. He wears a blue jacket over a pink waistcoat, crimson flowered breeches and black hat and boots. Circular base with a crimson shell in relief and applied flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.667-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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