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Figure

ca. 1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure in salt-glazed stoneware of a woman with a wide bell-shaped skirt on the front of which is moulded a tulip-shaped motive in low relief, and the dress is decorated with impressed wavy lines and incised triangular panels of criss-cross, and the eyes, cap and decoration on the front of the dress are touched with blue.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware, moulded, impressed and incised
Brief description
Figure in salt-glazed stoneware of a woman with a wide bell-shaped skirt, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1745.
Physical description
Figure in salt-glazed stoneware of a woman with a wide bell-shaped skirt on the front of which is moulded a tulip-shaped motive in low relief, and the dress is decorated with impressed wavy lines and incised triangular panels of criss-cross, and the eyes, cap and decoration on the front of the dress are touched with blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. II 89 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:863-1885

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Record createdFebruary 20, 2009
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