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

Figure Group

ca. 1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group 'Persuasion' in moulded lead-glazed earthenware enamelled in colours of a couple. A young man and woman sit on a rustic bench with a small dog between them, and the man offers a gold ring to the demure woman who holds a book in her hand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Moulded lead-glazed earthenware enamelled in colours
Brief description
Figure group of a couple 'Persuasion' in moulded lead-glazed earthenware enamelled in colours, Staffordshire, ca. 1830.
Physical description
Figure group 'Persuasion' in moulded lead-glazed earthenware enamelled in colours of a couple. A young man and woman sit on a rustic bench with a small dog between them, and the man offers a gold ring to the demure woman who holds a book in her hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.4cm
Credit line
Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Staffordshire Fund
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.137-2003

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Record createdNovember 14, 2003
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