figure of woman



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

Place of creation

Staffordshire

Medium

Credit

Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg

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