Not currently on display at the V&A

Figure

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

Figure of a man, standing with a goat on its hind legs by his right side wearing a long dark blue coat with giltfacings, full green trousers and a buff-coloured peak 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, man with goat, possibly Gringoire from La Esmeralda, bone china, possibly Rockingham, ca.1840-50
Physical description
Figure of a man, standing with a goat on its hind legs by his right side wearing a long dark blue coat with giltfacings, full green trousers and a buff-coloured peak 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
Bibliographic references
  • Harding, A,N., Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875, Book One, (Atglen: Schiffer, 1998), pp.343-4
  • Pugh, P.D. Gordon, Staffordsshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era, Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1987), pp.380-382. ill.
Collection
Accession number
C.293-1930

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Record createdMay 13, 2009
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