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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Figure Group

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group of a sheep and a lamb in salt-glazed stoneware and painted with enamels, each facing in opposite directions on an irregular mound base decorated with applied flowers, leaves and toadstools, and from the back to the group rises a tree-trunk with large applied flowers, stems and leaves terminating in an eight-pointed foliation, and the sheep and lamb are coloured yellow, the ground and stem are in purple, the leaves are turquoise-green, and the flowers are in various shades of rose-pink, blue and yellow.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware with applied decoration and painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure group of a sheep and a lamb in salt-glazed stoneware and painted with enamels, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Figure group of a sheep and a lamb in salt-glazed stoneware and painted with enamels, each facing in opposite directions on an irregular mound base decorated with applied flowers, leaves and toadstools, and from the back to the group rises a tree-trunk with large applied flowers, stems and leaves terminating in an eight-pointed foliation, and the sheep and lamb are coloured yellow, the ground and stem are in purple, the leaves are turquoise-green, and the flowers are in various shades of rose-pink, blue and yellow.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.3cm
  • Width: 12.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:871-1885 (Sch. II 172).
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 172A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:871/A-1885

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Record createdFebruary 26, 2009
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