Two Bacchantes adorning Pan

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

Artist/Maker	Derby Porcelain Factory (manufacturer) Hill, Joseph (repairer) Stephan, Pierre (modeller) Angelica Kauffman (artist)
Place of origin	Derby (manufactured)

Figure group in biscuit porcelain of two Bacchantes adorning Pan. On a high pedestal in front of a tree is a terminal figure of Pan. One of the Bachantes stands looking up at it with her right hand raised. The other is kneeling beside it is in the act of twining round it a garland of flowers. The group rests on a rocky base upon which are an ewer, a tambourine and a thyrsus.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Figure group
Title	Two Bacchantes adorning Pan (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Biscuit porcelain Biscuit
Brief description	Figure group in biscuit porcelain of two Bacchanantes adorning Pan, possibly modelled by Pierre Stephan 1770-1780, repaired by Joseph Hill, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, 1784-1790.
Physical description	Figure group in biscuit porcelain of two Bacchantes adorning Pan. On a high pedestal in front of a tree is a terminal figure of Pan. One of the Bachantes stands looking up at it with her right hand raised. The other is kneeling beside it is in the act of twining round it a garland of flowers. The group rests on a rocky base upon which are an ewer, a tambourine and a thyrsus.
Dimensions	Height: 33cm
Marks and inscriptions	'D' surmounted by a crown and crossed batons and six dots (Maker's mark incised on base) 'No. 196' (Figure model number incised on base) A triangle (Repairer's mark incised on base)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history	Modelling previously attributed to Jean-Jacques Spengler. Modelled after a design by Angelica Kauffmann, and engraved by F. Bartolozzi.
Subjects depicted	Term Flowers Ewer Tambourine Thyrsus Pan
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.276-1935

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Record created	August 14, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O165511/two-bacchantes-adorning-pan-figure-group-hill-joseph/

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