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

Bust

ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bust of Ceres, representing Summer, in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. She is crowned with a wreath of corn. Baluster pedestal. From a set of four.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Brief description
Bust of Ceres, representing Summer, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1755.
Physical description
Bust of Ceres, representing Summer, in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. She is crowned with a wreath of corn. Baluster pedestal. From a set of four.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.3cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Bradshaw, Peter. Bow Porcelain Figures, circa 1748-1774. 1992, fig. 114
Collection
Accession number
C.1321-1924

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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