SÈVRES PORCELAIN FACTORY, Sèvres (manufacturer)<br /> Agathon LÉONARD (modeller)<br/> <em>Dancer with scarf her knee raised, from The Scarf Dance table centrepiece, model no. 12</em> 1898 {modelled}; (1923) {manufactured} <!-- (front) --><br /> <em>(Danseuse à l’écharpe genou levé, from the table centrepiece Le Jeu de L’Écharpe)</em><br /> porcelain (biscuit, hard paste)<br /> 53.0 x 35.0 x 16.7 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2021<br /> 2021.542<br /> <!--146182-->
SÈVRES PORCELAIN FACTORY, Sèvres (manufacturer)
Agathon LÉONARD (modeller)
Dancer with scarf her knee raised, from The Scarf Dance table centrepiece, model no. 12 1898 {modelled}; (1923) {manufactured}
(Danseuse à l’écharpe genou levé, from the table centrepiece Le Jeu de L’Écharpe)
porcelain (biscuit, hard paste)
53.0 x 35.0 x 16.7 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2021
2021.542
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International Decorative Arts & Antiquities

Incorporating ceramics, glass, metalwork, jewellery and furniture, the International Decorative Arts and Antiquities collection comprises Mediterranean and Near Eastern antiquities, British and continental decorative arts from 1200 to 1980, and North American decorative arts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The continuum of international design history is presented collectively through the Decorative Arts and Contemporary Design collections.

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Jutta SIKA (designer)<br/> Austria-Hungary 1877-1964<br/> WIENER PORZELLAN-MANUFAKTUR JOSEF BÖCK, Vienna (manufacturer)<br/> Austria-Hungary est.1898<br/> Tea and coffee service (1901/02)<br/> porcelain (hard-paste)<br/> (a-b) 18.5 x 12.5 x 9.0 cm (overall) (coffeepot)<br/> (c-d) 17.5 x 19.5 x 3.5 cm (overall) (teapot)<br/> (d) 8.5 x 10.5 x 8.5 cm (creamer)<br/> (e-f) 7.5 x 11.3 cm diameter (overall) (demitasse and saucer)<br/> (g-h) 10.5 x 16.7 cm diameter (overall) (cup and saucer)<br/> (i) 9.5 x 10.5 cm diameter (sugar box)<br/> Ernst Ploil Collection<br/> © Jutta Sika<br/>
Jutta SIKA (designer)
Austria-Hungary 1877-1964
WIENER PORZELLAN-MANUFAKTUR JOSEF BÖCK, Vienna (manufacturer)
Austria-Hungary est.1898
Tea and coffee service (1901/02)
porcelain (hard-paste)
(a-b) 18.5 x 12.5 x 9.0 cm (overall) (coffeepot)
(c-d) 17.5 x 19.5 x 3.5 cm (overall) (teapot)
(d) 8.5 x 10.5 x 8.5 cm (creamer)
(e-f) 7.5 x 11.3 cm diameter (overall) (demitasse and saucer)
(g-h) 10.5 x 16.7 cm diameter (overall) (cup and saucer)
(i) 9.5 x 10.5 cm diameter (sugar box)
Ernst Ploil Collection
© Jutta Sika


 Paul FOLLOT (designer)<br /> F. W. QUIST METALLWARENFABRIK, Esslingen am Neckar (manufacturer)<br/> <em>Tea and coffee service</em> (c. 1902) {designed} <!-- (view 2) --><br /> silver-plated brass<br /> (a) 16.5 x 27.9 x 12.1 cm (teapot) (b) 18.9 x 30.5 x 12.7 cm (coffee pot) (c) 10.2 x 15.2 x 8.9 cm (creamer) (d-e) 12.6 x 14.9 x 8.9 cm (overall) (sugar box) (f) 4.0 x 61.6 x 42.6 cm (tray)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Peter and Ivanka Canet, 2017<br /> 2017.1023.a-f<br /> <!--131244--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/131244"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Paul FOLLOT (designer) F. W. QUIST METALLWARENFABRIK, Esslingen am Neckar (manufacturer)
Tea and coffee service
 designed (c. 1902) WEDGWOOD, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent (manufacturer)<br /> William HACKWOOD (designer)<br/> <em>Anti-slavery medallion</em> (c. 1787) {medallion}; (late 19th century) {setting} <!-- (front) --><br /> stoneware (white and black jasper), gold<br /> 3.1 x 2.8 x 0.4 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Presented by The Wedgwood Society of Australia to commemorate their 40th Anniversary in 2013, 2017<br /> 2017.165<br /> <!--125999--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/125999"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> WEDGWOOD, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent (manufacturer) William HACKWOOD (designer)
Anti-slavery medallion
 medallion (c. 1787); setting (late 19th century) Adolf LOOS (designer)<br /> JOHANN HEEG (attributed to) (manufacturer)<br/> <em>Table lamp</em> (c. 1900) <!-- (view 1) --><br /> brass, silk, bakelite, porcelain, rubber, electrical components<br /> 62.0 x 45.0 cm diameter<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Peter and Ivanka Canet, 2018<br /> 2018.1354<br /> <!--137680--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/137680"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Adolf LOOS (designer) JOHANN HEEG (attributed to) (manufacturer)
Table lamp
 (c. 1900)

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