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Literature

Figure
post 1895 (made)
Artist/Maker
Volkstedt (manufactured)
Place of origin
Germany (designed and made)

Slip-cast figure, made with hard-paste porcelain, 22.9cm high, painted with enamels and gilt

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Sculpture
Object type
Figure
TitleLiterature (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
slip-cast, painted enamels and gilt, hard-paste porcelain
Hard-Paste Porcelain
Enamel
Gilt
Cast
Brief description
Slip-cast porcelain figure, painted with enamels and gilt, 22.9cm in height, made in Volkstedt (Rudolstadt), Germany after 1895.
Physical description
Slip-cast figure, made with hard-paste porcelain, 22.9cm high, painted with enamels and gilt
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • symbol (impressed and strenthened in underglaze blue)
  • "12" (impressed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs Ida Vera Thompson
Object history
Probably one of a set of the Muses.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.28-1996

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O332113/literature-figure-volkstedt/
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