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Microwave Oven Safe Madonna

Figure
2001 (made)
Artist/Maker
Eglin, Philip (maker)
Place of origin
Stoke-on-Trent (made)

White porcelain figure of the seated Madonna, constructed from sections moulded from a variety of food containers and similar objects. The work is glazed and decorated with traces of gilding. The overall form of the figure derives from Eglin's study of Northern Medieval woodcarvings, and in particular the Seated Virgin in the V&A (A.8-1912), and in common with this carving, the figure of the infant Christ is "lost", and represented only by a fragmentary foot.


Object details

Category
Studio Pottery
Object type
Figure
TitleMicrowave Oven Safe Madonna (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, hand-built using press-moulded sections, gilded
Brief description
Porcelain Madonna, by Philip Eglin, 2001
Physical description
White porcelain figure of the seated Madonna, constructed from sections moulded from a variety of food containers and similar objects. The work is glazed and decorated with traces of gilding. The overall form of the figure derives from Eglin's study of Northern Medieval woodcarvings, and in particular the Seated Virgin in the V&A (A.8-1912), and in common with this carving, the figure of the infant Christ is "lost", and represented only by a fragmentary foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.0cm
  • At widest point width: 14.5cm
  • Depth: 11.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Eglin / S.O.T. / 2001', incised on back (indistinct)
  • 'MICROWAVE OVEN SAFE', moulded on back
Credit line
Supported by the Friends of the V&A
Associated object
A.8-1912 (Version)
Bibliographic reference
Graves, Alun and Williamson, Paul. Philip Eglin, London : Victoria & Albert Museum, 2001 no. 12
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.8-2002

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Record createdAugust 20, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O83515/microwave-oven-safe-madonna-figure-eglin-philip/
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