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-->
Collection

International Decorative Arts & Antiquities

The International Decorative Arts and Antiquities collection represents almost one thousand years of international design history through ceramics, glass, metalwork, jewellery and furniture, from the medieval period through to 1980.

Strengths of the department include British and continental decorative arts from 1200 to 1980, North American decorative arts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Mediterranean and Near Eastern antiquities, Murano glass, and porcelain from renowned manufactories like Meissen, Sèvres and Wedgewood.

Curators

Amanda Dunsmore
Senior Curator, International Decorative Arts & Antiquities

Imogen Mallia-Valjan
Assistant Curator, International Decorative Arts & Design

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

NGV International

Cartier

Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® 2026 12 Jun – 4 Oct 26, ticketed

Collection Highlights

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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