Furniture Support
1820-1840 (made)
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In the form of a bust of a woman, of earthenware covered with a manganese-brown glaze. The back of the head is cut away to form a horizontal surface which is incised with hatched lines.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware |
| Brief description | Furniture support, earthenware. English, perhaps made at the Rockingham Works, Swinton, 1820-1840 |
| Physical description | In the form of a bust of a woman, of earthenware covered with a manganese-brown glaze. The back of the head is cut away to form a horizontal surface which is incised with hatched lines. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology |
| Object history | Jermyn Street Collection |
| Historical context | Similar in body and glaze to a spirit flask in the form of a mermaid (in the possession of Miss Alice Feilding), bearing a label inscribed "James Alsop Bristol". |
| Production | Perhaps made at the Rockingham Works, Swinton. |
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| Accession number | 3174-1901 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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