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

Figure

ca. 1753-54 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of Pantaloon, hard-paste porcelain. Pantaloon is represented as a tall lean long-nosed figure standing with his left foot advanced, his left hand tucked beneath the tail of his coat and his right hand raised to support his long beard. He is dressed in a long brownish-black coat edged with gold and lined with grey, worn over a red doublet edged with gold and red breeches held in at the waist by a white kerchief, into which is thrust a yellow "sword" with a gold-hilt. His stockings are red, gartered with gold, and his shoes lemon-yellow. His hat is brownish-black with red ear flops. The plain white base is decorated with three small applied sprays of leaves and flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Figure of Pantaloon, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, modelled by Simon Feilner, Fürstenberg Porcelain, Brunswick, Germany, ca. 1753-4
Physical description
Figure of Pantaloon, hard-paste porcelain. Pantaloon is represented as a tall lean long-nosed figure standing with his left foot advanced, his left hand tucked beneath the tail of his coat and his right hand raised to support his long beard. He is dressed in a long brownish-black coat edged with gold and lined with grey, worn over a red doublet edged with gold and red breeches held in at the waist by a white kerchief, into which is thrust a yellow "sword" with a gold-hilt. His stockings are red, gartered with gold, and his shoes lemon-yellow. His hat is brownish-black with red ear flops. The plain white base is decorated with three small applied sprays of leaves and flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Jansen, Reinhard (ed.), Commedia dell'arte : Fest der Komödianten : Keramische Kostbarkeiten den Museen der Welt, Stuttgart, 2001
Collection
Accession number
C.1-1949

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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