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

Figure Group

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

Figure group of hard-paste porcelain painted with colours and gilded. Decorated with a man and woman butchering a boar. The man stands on the left with a knife in his hand, and beside the boar which lies on the ground. To the right, the woman stands with a basin under her arm beside a 'copper' with a fire beneath. Four-sided low base with cut-off corners and scrolled oval panel in the front.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with colours and gilded
Brief description
Figure group of hard-paste porcelain painted with colours and gilded, Ludwigsburg porcelain factory, Ludwigsburg, ca. 1765.
Physical description
Figure group of hard-paste porcelain painted with colours and gilded. Decorated with a man and woman butchering a boar. The man stands on the left with a knife in his hand, and beside the boar which lies on the ground. To the right, the woman stands with a basin under her arm beside a 'copper' with a fire beneath. Four-sided low base with cut-off corners and scrolled oval panel in the front.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
Interlaced 'C's under a crown (In blue)
Credit line
Given by the Hon. R. W. E. Cecil
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.132-1934

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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