Not currently on display at the V&A

Figure

ca.1840-50 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a woman, standing with a goat on its hind legs by her left side, wearing a low-necked deep pink bodice, dark blue shirt and green cap. Mounded nearly circular base moulded with scrollwork in indefinite slight relief and encircled by a gilt line.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china, painted in enamel colours and gilt
Brief description
Figure, woman with goat, possibly Esmeralda from 'La Esmeralda', bone china, possibly Rockingham, ca.1840-50
Physical description
Figure of a woman, standing with a goat on its hind legs by her left side, wearing a low-necked deep pink bodice, dark blue shirt and green cap. Mounded nearly circular base moulded with scrollwork in indefinite slight relief and encircled by a gilt line.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.7cm
converted from registers
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'y' (painted in black inside base)
Credit line
Given by Mr. J.D.Kennedy through the National Art Collections Fund
Object history
Given by Mr. J.D.Kennedy through the National Art Collections Fund
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceLa Esmeralda
Associated object
Bibliographic references
  • Pugh, P.D. Gordon, Staffordsshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era, Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1987), pp.380-382.ill.
  • Harding, A,N., Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875, Book One, (Atglen: Schiffer, 1998), pp.343-4.ill.
Collection
Accession number
C.292-1930

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Record createdMay 12, 2009
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