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

Four cupids bird's-nesting

Figure Group
1770-1784 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group of cupids bird nesting in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFour cupids bird's-nesting (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure group of cupids bird nesting in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, repaired by Joseph Hill, manufactured by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1770-1784.
Physical description
Figure group of cupids bird nesting in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'No 234' (Figure model number incised on base)
  • 'TNx' (Incised on base)
  • A triangle (Repairer's mark incised on base)
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Production
Bradshaw - p317.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Haslem, John. The Old Derby China Factory. 1876. 175 p.
  • Bemrose, William. Bow, Chelsea and Derby Porcelain. London : Bemrose & Sons Ltd, 1898. [?]
Collection
Accession number
C.1137-1924

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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