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

Cupid symbolising 'Geometry'

Figure
ca. 1800-1835 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Biscuit porcelain figure of Cupid, one of a pair, symbolising 'Geometry', made at Nast's porcelain factory, Paris, ca. 1800-1835


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCupid symbolising 'Geometry' (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Biscuit porcelain
Brief description
Biscuit porcelain figure of Cupid, one of a pair, symbolising 'Geometry', made at Nast's porcelain factory, Paris, ca. 1800-1835
Marks and inscriptions
'NAST.' impressed
Credit line
Given by Mr H. J. Ellis
Object history
According to the donor, 'Nast was a friend of my old grand uncle Francis Du Pasquier, who was a valet or something of the sort to George IV when Prince of Wales. They [the figures] came to me from old Mrs Du Pasquier, his widow.'
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.445-1922

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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