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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. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of Falstaff in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. He stands with a shield on his left arm and an uplifted sword in his right hand. He wears a red jacket with yellow sleeves, a flowered doublet, ruff, turquoise-green breeches, black boots and yellow hat. Three footed scroll pedestal picked out with gold, green and crimson, on which is a mound and tree stump covered with flowers and leaves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure of Falstaff in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1765.
Physical description
Figure of Falstaff in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. He stands with a shield on his left arm and an uplifted sword in his right hand. He wears a red jacket with yellow sleeves, a flowered doublet, ruff, turquoise-green breeches, black boots and yellow hat. Three footed scroll pedestal picked out with gold, green and crimson, on which is a mound and tree stump covered with flowers and leaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor and a dagger (In red)
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Object history
For an earlier, all-white version of this model, see 414:136-1885
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.642-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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