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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

ca. 1759-1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a child dressed in the robes of a doctor in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On a scrolled rococo base with gilt edges and violet feathering. Its right foot is raised clear of the base. Right hand raised, head thrown back.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure of a child dressed in the robes of a doctor in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, ca. 1759-1765
Physical description
Figure of a child dressed in the robes of a doctor in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On a scrolled rococo base with gilt edges and violet feathering. Its right foot is raised clear of the base. Right hand raised, head thrown back.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
A wheel (In red on the side of the base)
Credit line
Given by Mr H.E. Backer, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceCommedia dell'arte
Collection
Accession number
C.111-1945

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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