Figure
ca.1800 (made)
Place of origin |
Figure of vestal virgin: a robed female figure holding in one hand a flaming urn, and in the otehr, a jug. Pale green, lilac, brick red, brown and blue.
Object details
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Object type | |
Materials and techniques | earthenware, moulded and painted in colours |
Brief description | Figure, vestal virgin, earthenware, Staffordshire, ca.1800 |
Physical description | Figure of vestal virgin: a robed female figure holding in one hand a flaming urn, and in the otehr, a jug. Pale green, lilac, brick red, brown and blue. |
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Production type | Mass produced |
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Object history | Bequeathed by Mrs Mary B. Serageant |
Production | attributed to 'Wood factory' in register but no evidence for this |
Subjects depicted | |
Bibliographic reference | Halfpenny, Pat, English Earthenware Figures: 1740-1840 (Antique Collectors' Club: 1995), p. 208. |
Collection | |
Accession number | CIRC.464-1967 |
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Record created | April 15, 2009 |
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