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

Autumn

Figure
ca. 1785-1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure in soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded of Autumn. A girl wears a white handkerchief tied over her head and she stands, with a basket of grapes under her right arm and a bunch in her left hand, on a small mound on which are a vine and a melon. Circular base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAutumn (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded
Brief description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded of Autumn, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1785-1790
Physical description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded of Autumn. A girl wears a white handkerchief tied over her head and she stands, with a basket of grapes under her right arm and a bunch in her left hand, on a small mound on which are a vine and a melon. Circular base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.6cm
  • Base diameter: 8.6cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
C.2585-1910

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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