figure of Turkish man
Summary
Press-moulded figure of a man in Turkish costume, comprising caftan, baggy trousers, long coat and turban, standing on square base with left leg forward, left hand on hip, and tall staff in right hand. Pale cream coloured body, details picked out in manganese brown, yellow and blue oxides bleeding into lead glaze, to give yellow caftan and trousers with blue sash, blue coat cuffs and turban, mottled blue and brown staff and streaked brown base.
Object Name
figure of Turkish man
Date Created
c 1760=1780
accession number
1923.709
Collection Group
Place of creation
Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg
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