Figure

Earthenware figure of a stout sailor, standing legs apart and arms akimbo, smoking a pipe (made of wood). He is wearing white trousers, a white shirt with narrow blue stripes, a black neckerchief and a belt. His yellow straw hat is on the back of his head. The face hair and beard are coloured naturalistically and the figure stands on a plain white oval base decorated with a gilt line. The back is moulded but uncoloured. The wooden pipe is broken off from the part glued into the mouth.

Object Details

ID: AAA6087
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Figure
Display location: Display - Sea Things Gallery
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1875
People: Fawssett, A. C.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Fawssett Collection
Measurements: Overall: 310 x 150 x 90 mm