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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. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of Harlequin seated on a tree stump on a round base, and wearing a conical hat, black mask, coat painted with playing cards and hearts, and parti-coloured trousers, and his right hand is raised to his hat, and he holds a slapstick under his left hand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Brief description
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of Harlequin seated on a tree stump on a round base, made by Longton Hall porcelain factory, Longton, ca. 1755.
Physical description
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of Harlequin seated on a tree stump on a round base, and wearing a conical hat, black mask, coat painted with playing cards and hearts, and parti-coloured trousers, and his right hand is raised to his hat, and he holds a slapstick under his left hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
After Plate 2 Arlequin moderne, engraved by Joullain, in Riccoboni, Histoire du théâtre italienpublished in 1731
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Skinner, London, for £1 10 shillings in January 1873
Subject depicted
Literary referenceCommedia dell'Arte
Other number
Sch. I 428 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:22-1885

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
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