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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

ca. 1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of Putto of earthenware, depicted as a naked child with short curly hair, looking down to her left, seated on a stepped plinth and leaning back on her hands which are placed at behind her on the plinth edge. The figure glazed a creamy white, the plinth over-painted, loosely, with a grey blue glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted, glazed
Brief description
Figure of Putto, glazed earthenware, designed by Phoebe Stabler, made by Ashtead Potters Ltd., Surrey, England, ca. 1930
Physical description
Figure of Putto of earthenware, depicted as a naked child with short curly hair, looking down to her left, seated on a stepped plinth and leaning back on her hands which are placed at behind her on the plinth edge. The figure glazed a creamy white, the plinth over-painted, loosely, with a grey blue glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'PHOEBE STABLER' in relief on the plinth side, in the casting
  • 'ASHTEAD POTTERS' on either side of a tree
  • 'BCM / ASHTD MADE IN ENGLAND' on eithe rside of a square, printed in grey blue
  • 'M48 X' painted in grey blue
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.380-1976

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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