Figure
1825-1835 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Male standing figure in Turkish costume, biscuit porcelain. He wears a long belted tunic, a long cloak with large cuffs, slippers and a turban. The bearded figure holds in his left hand a sword whose point rests on the scrolled base. His right hand is placed on this right hip.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Biscuit porcelain |
| Brief description | Figure of a 'Grand Turk', biscuit porcelain, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1825-35 |
| Physical description | Male standing figure in Turkish costume, biscuit porcelain. He wears a long belted tunic, a long cloak with large cuffs, slippers and a turban. The bearded figure holds in his left hand a sword whose point rests on the scrolled base. His right hand is placed on this right hip. |
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| Object history | The figure is No. 90 in the Minton Design Book (see Godden, G. Minton Pottery and porcelain of the First Period, 1793-1850, London, 1968, p. 93 and Pl. 137. It is also illustrated in the parian body, in Charles and Dorrie Shinn, Victorian Parian China, London, 1971, pl. 6. |
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| Accession number | C.269-1976 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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