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

Group

late 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group of a man and a woman in porcelain painted in colours. They sit on a rocky mound at the foot of a flowering tree. The man, seated on the right, wears a broad-brimmed hat and hold a bird-cage. The woman holds a bird in one hand and a flower in the other. There is another bird perches on the tree, and on the ground is a lamb and a bird.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in colours
Brief description
Figure group of a man and a woman in porcelain painted in colours, Ralph Wood (the younger), Burslem, late 18th century
Physical description
Figure group of a man and a woman in porcelain painted in colours. They sit on a rocky mound at the foot of a flowering tree. The man, seated on the right, wears a broad-brimmed hat and hold a bird-cage. The woman holds a bird in one hand and a flower in the other. There is another bird perches on the tree, and on the ground is a lamb and a bird.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.3cm
Credit line
Given by W.J. Lee
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.35-1928

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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