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

Statuette

1800-1848 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Statuette of Falstaff of porcelain. The standing figure wears blue coat, flowered waistcoat and green breeches, gilt sword hilt and shield and metal sword blade, supported on a rococo-scrolled base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Statuette of Falstaff in porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, 1800-1848.
Physical description
Statuette of Falstaff of porcelain. The standing figure wears blue coat, flowered waistcoat and green breeches, gilt sword hilt and shield and metal sword blade, supported on a rococo-scrolled base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '3 D' incised
  • 'No. 291' incised
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Old English porcelain. London: Faber & Faber, 1948, p. 107
Collection
Accession number
3018-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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