Figure

White porcelain figure of a Thames waterman, standing in front of a tree stump and looking to his left with his left hand extended. He is dressed in a waterman's full-skirted coat and cap, with a large brassard on the left sleeve. Slightly later coloured versions of this figure are known and there is another white example in the British Museum.

Object Details

ID: AAA6052
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Figure
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bow Porcelain Co
Date made: 1750-1754
Exhibition: Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 200 x 145 x 85 mm