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

Two children playing musical instruments

Figure Group
ca. 1760-ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group of two children playing musical instruments, porcelain painted in enamels. The girl plays a pipe and tabor or drum and the boy a viol.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTwo children playing musical instruments (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Porcelain figure group of two children playing musical instruments, painted in enamels, Mennecy porcelain factory, France, about 1760-1765
Physical description
Figure group of two children playing musical instruments, porcelain painted in enamels. The girl plays a pipe and tabor or drum and the boy a viol.
Gallery label
Gallery 128 Decant 2003 Examples of this group and its companion with the mark 'D.V.F' and 'D.V.S' are known.(07/06/2004)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.320-1909

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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