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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

1765-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a dancing man in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. He wears a black and white three-cornered hat. He stands on a four-footed pedestal which is strewn with flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure of a dancing man in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Lowestoft porcelain factory, Lowestoft, 1765-1770.
Physical description
Figure of a dancing man in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. He wears a black and white three-cornered hat. He stands on a four-footed pedestal which is strewn with flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.4cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke
Production
Date given by John Howell in 1981
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.931-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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