figure of woman
Summary
Two-part press-moulded figure of a woman in classical drapery with floor-length cloak over her shoulders, standing on circular mound, with garland of flowers held up to her chest in left hand. White earthenware body, coloured with underglaze manganese brown oxide to hair, eyes and cloak, green, blue and brown to drapery with spots of yellow to floral garland, and yellow base, colours all bleeding into pearlware glaze.
Object Name
figure of woman
Date Created
c 1770=1790
Dimensions
: 15.2cm
at widest point: 5.1cm
accession number
1923.711
Collection Group
Place of creation
Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg
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