On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Figure

1931-1938 (manufactured), 1900 (modelled)
Artist/Maker
Royal Copenhagen (manufacturer)
Madsen, Theodor (modeller)
Place of origin
Copenhagen (manufactured)

Porcelain figure of a seated sea-lion, painted with underglaze browns and other colours. Shaped 265.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Figure
Materials and techniques
Porcelain modelled and with underglaze decoration
Porcelain
Glaze
Glazed
Painted
Modelled
Brief description
Figure of a seated sea-lion, porcelain painted with underglaze browns and other colours, modelled by Theodor Madsen, manufactured by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1900.
Physical description
Porcelain figure of a seated sea-lion, painted with underglaze browns and other colours. Shaped 265.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ROYAL COPENHAGEN DENMARK' around a crown (Printed in green)
  • '265' and 'TM' in monogram (Incised)
  • '265' (Painted in green)
  • Three wavy lines and 'DHX' (Painted in blue)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Subject depicted
Sea Lion
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 36 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.13-1939

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Record createdSeptember 23, 2008
Record URL
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