Young Woman and Soldier

Lithophane Young Woman and Soldier

Lithophane, porcelain, smear glazed and painted in enamel colours with a black border, showing a domestic interior with a young woman winding wool from the hands of a casually uniformed soldier; impressed mark 'PPM' and pattern number 1071 on back, made by the Plauesche Porzellanmanufactur, Plaue, Thuringia, Germany, late 19th century.


Purchased with the assistance of the V&A Purchase Grant Fund

Shows a domestic scene of a young woman winding wool with a soldier.
Shows a domestic scene of a young woman winding wool with a soldier.