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

Figure

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a beggar-boy in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Dressed in rags and with a black hat. A box is slung on his back and walks along holding a small object in each hand. The base is coloured to imitate grass.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure of a beggar-boy in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Fulda pottery, Hesse, ca. 1770
Physical description
Figure of a beggar-boy in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Dressed in rags and with a black hat. A box is slung on his back and walks along holding a small object in each hand. The base is coloured to imitate grass.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
A cross (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.96-1923

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Record createdSeptember 28, 1998
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