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

Figure

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a "beau", in the costume of the period leaning with left arm outstretched and head turned to the left against a shaped rococo-panelled pedestal, on the arched top of which is placed his three-corners hat. A spray of creeper with flowers climbs up one side of the pedestal.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, glazed
Brief description
Figure, hard-paste porcelain, modelled by Bustelli Franz Anton, manufactured by Nymphenburg porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1760
Physical description
Figure of a "beau", in the costume of the period leaning with left arm outstretched and head turned to the left against a shaped rococo-panelled pedestal, on the arched top of which is placed his three-corners hat. A spray of creeper with flowers climbs up one side of the pedestal.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.5cm
  • Width: 8.9cm
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.199-1912

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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