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

Figure

ca. 1753-1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a boy in glazed white soft-paste porcelain. He is seated on a stump and holds a glass. With his left hand, he holds a jug resting upon the stump. Two other jugs are behind him. Circular mounded base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed white soft-paste porcelain
Brief description
Figure of a toper in glazed white soft-paste porcelain, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1753-1755
Physical description
Figure of a boy in glazed white soft-paste porcelain. He is seated on a stump and holds a glass. With his left hand, he holds a jug resting upon the stump. Two other jugs are behind him. Circular mounded base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Anton Gabszewicz, Bow Porcelain: the Collection formed by Geoffrey Freeman. (1982), cat. 203
Collection
Accession number
C.568-1920

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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