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

Figure

ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a youth in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. He sits beside a large shell-shaped vessel with foliate mouldings picked out in gold. Bunches of grapes and vine leaves rests on the incurved rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Figure of a youth in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, ca. 1755
Physical description
Figure of a youth in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. He sits beside a large shell-shaped vessel with foliate mouldings picked out in gold. Bunches of grapes and vine leaves rests on the incurved rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A wheel (In red)
  • 'IG' and 'Le' [indistinct] (Incised)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.409-1926

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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