Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Figure

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a small boar in tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. The boar sits on a green base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure of a small boar in tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, probably France, 19th century.
Physical description
Figure of a small boar in tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. The boar sits on a green base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Length: 11.1cm
  • Width: 6.2cm
  • Weight: 0.200kg
Marks and inscriptions
(No mark)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis
Object history
Copy of a Strasbourg Hannong's factory production, and was formerly attributed to Hannong (acquire as Strasbourg, P. Hannong).
Production
Christophe Perlès considered this piece to possibly be 19th century (November 2009). Small boars are commonly found to be reproductions.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Exhibition catalogue: Faïences de Strabourg, Strasbourg, 1975
Collection
Accession number
C.213-1951

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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