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

Figure Group

1744-1749 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group of the Commedia group cooking in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. A woman wearing an apron and a sun-bonnet is stirring something inside a pot. Beside her is a small boy clutching at a staff in her hand. Both characters are masked. The ground is covered with flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure group of the Commedia group cooking in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Imperial Vienna Porcelain factory, Vienna, 1744-1749.
Physical description
Figure group of the Commedia group cooking in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. A woman wearing an apron and a sun-bonnet is stirring something inside a pot. Beside her is a small boy clutching at a staff in her hand. Both characters are masked. The ground is covered with flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
Shield of Austria and 'A' (Impressed)
Credit line
Purchased under the bequest of Captain H.B. Murray
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceCommedia dell'arte
Bibliographic reference
Jansen, Reinhard (ed.), Commedia dell'arte : Fest der Komödianten : Keramische Kostbarkeiten den Museen der Welt, Stuttgart, 2001
Collection
Accession number
C.95-1923

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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