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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

1825-1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a standing peasant in a long brown coat, with blue striped trousers and black boots, carrying on his head a tub, and in his left hand a fishing-net. Plain circular base edged with a gold band.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Figure of a peasant, porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Russia (Moscow), 1825-1850
Physical description
Figure of a standing peasant in a long brown coat, with blue striped trousers and black boots, carrying on his head a tub, and in his left hand a fishing-net. Plain circular base edged with a gold band.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'C' in blackish underglaze-blue
  • '8' in grey enamel
  • '6' ( or '9') impressed
Credit line
Bequeathed by Madame Yvonne de la Cruz-Froelich
Object history
Perhaps a pair to C.78-1973.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.77-1973

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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