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

Figure

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

Figure of a lady dancing, hard-paste porcelain. The lady wears a white dress decorated in blue and gold, a black collar and a pink apron. Her arms are outstretched and her left foot thrust forward.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Figure of a lady dancing, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Ludwigsburg porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1765
Physical description
Figure of a lady dancing, hard-paste porcelain. The lady wears a white dress decorated in blue and gold, a black collar and a pink apron. Her arms are outstretched and her left foot thrust forward.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
Interlaced 'C's' under a crown, in blue
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.951-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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