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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. 1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware figure of a girl standing with her head inclined to the right, and wearing a green bonnet, yellow shawl, and skirt painted in enamels with flower bunches, and striped underskirt, and holds her shawl with her right hand, and in her left hand, a yellow basket of flowers coloured pink, yellow, lilac and white with heart-shaped green leaves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted in enamels
Brief description
Earthenware figure of a girl standing with her head inclined to the right, designed by Michael Powolny, made by Vereinigte Wiener und Gmundner Keramik, Austria, ca. 1910.
Physical description
Earthenware figure of a girl standing with her head inclined to the right, and wearing a green bonnet, yellow shawl, and skirt painted in enamels with flower bunches, and striped underskirt, and holds her shawl with her right hand, and in her left hand, a yellow basket of flowers coloured pink, yellow, lilac and white with heart-shaped green leaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Mark is a square shape with other small unrecognisable marks and '1032' next to it on the right [impressed]
  • A large 'M' with a small 'P' above it in the middle [incised] (In glaze surface)
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.525-1974

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Record createdFebruary 8, 2008
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