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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bagolino

Statuette
ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Statuette of Bagolino, from the Italian comdey. Depicted as a boy dressed in a black hood, a crimson cloak thrown loosely over a white tunic yellow trousers and black shoes, standing playing a mandolin beside a gilt rococo-scrolled pedestal on a scrolled base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBagolino (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Statuette of Bagolino, from the Italian comdey, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt; from a model by Simon Feilner, adapted by A. K. Luplau, made at Fürstenberg Porcelain, Germany, ca. 1775
Physical description
Statuette of Bagolino, from the Italian comdey. Depicted as a boy dressed in a black hood, a crimson cloak thrown loosely over a white tunic yellow trousers and black shoes, standing playing a mandolin beside a gilt rococo-scrolled pedestal on a scrolled base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.1cm
  • Base width: 6.4cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray
Production
From a model by Simon Feilner, adapted by A. K. Luplau
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.2577-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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