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

Statuette

1744-1776 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Statuette of soft-paste porcelain, depicting a boy wearing a wide blue hat, a flowered yellow coat and mauve trousers, standing beside a tree trunk with applied flowers and foliage; supported on a rococo-scrolled pedestal. At his right side was formerly a dog.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Statuette of a boy, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, England (London), 1744-1776
Physical description
Statuette of soft-paste porcelain, depicting a boy wearing a wide blue hat, a flowered yellow coat and mauve trousers, standing beside a tree trunk with applied flowers and foliage; supported on a rococo-scrolled pedestal. At his right side was formerly a dog.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor and dagger, in red
Credit line
Formerly in the Burns Collection. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Formerly in the Burns Collection.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
2887-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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