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

Figure Group

1960 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of Captain Harry Llewellyn on a jumping horse in bone china painted with enamels, platinum and gilded. The horse is painted in brown with a black main, tail and hocks. The rider leans forward over the horse's neck and wears a riding hat, red jacket, white breeches and black boots. The saddle cloth bears the union jack on each corner.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels, platinum and gilded
Brief description
Figure group of Captain Harry Llewellyn on a jumping horse in bone china painted with enamels, platinum and gilded, modelled by Doris Lindner, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, 1960.
Physical description
Figure of Captain Harry Llewellyn on a jumping horse in bone china painted with enamels, platinum and gilded. The horse is painted in brown with a black main, tail and hocks. The rider leans forward over the horse's neck and wears a riding hat, red jacket, white breeches and black boots. The saddle cloth bears the union jack on each corner.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.2cm
  • Length: 27.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Royal Worcester' R [in a circle] 'Made in England' [round a circle enclosing interlaced W's and 'C51'] and the whole is surmounted by a crown.
  • 'Artist's Copy' (In black)
  • '5118C' (In black)
  • 'Foxhunter & Lt. Col. H.M. Llewellyn C.B.E. Modelled by Doris Lindner' c[in a circle] '1960. Royal Worcester / Harry Llewellyn' (In black)
Credit line
Given by Miss Doris Lindner
Object history
A limited edition of 400 unsigned and 100 signed pieces issued in 1959. No. 3678 in the Worcester Porcelain Company's list of shapes.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.204-1977

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Record createdSeptember 28, 1998
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