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

A Poacher and a gamekeeper

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

Figure group of a poacher and a gamekeeper in biscuit porcelain. A gamekeeper wrestles a gun from the hands of a poacher in ragged garments, while a little boy kneels beseechingly at their feet, holding two dead birds in his outstretched hands. The group stands on a rocky mound supported on an oblong plinth.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA Poacher and a gamekeeper (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Biscuit porcelain
Brief description
Figure group of a poacher and a gamekeeper in biscuit porcelain, France, 19th century
Physical description
Figure group of a poacher and a gamekeeper in biscuit porcelain. A gamekeeper wrestles a gun from the hands of a poacher in ragged garments, while a little boy kneels beseechingly at their feet, holding two dead birds in his outstretched hands. The group stands on a rocky mound supported on an oblong plinth.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.9cm
  • Width: 16.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'573[?]' (Impressed)
Gallery label
Gallery 128 Decant 2003 The model is copied from one manufactured at the Sèvres factory.(07/06/2004)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Production
Acquired as 'French', and said, in the register, to have been 'from an old Sèvres model'
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.612-1909

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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