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

Innocence

Figure
1847 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Parian ware' figure of Innocence. A half-nude figure of a girl seated on a rock and clasping a dove.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleInnocence (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Parian ware
Brief description
Figure of 'Innocence', 'Parian' ware, after a statue by J. H. Foley, R.A., made by Copeland, Stoke-on-Trent, 1847
Physical description
'Parian ware' figure of Innocence. A half-nude figure of a girl seated on a rock and clasping a dove.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'COPELAND' (Impressed)
  • 'ART UNION OF LONDON. 1847' (Impressed)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Given by Alderman Copeland. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
Production
After a statue by J. H. Foley, R.A.
Bibliographic reference
Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Accession number
2790-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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