Figure
An earthenware figure wearing trousers, a jacket with wide sleeves and a turban. A bird perches on his right wrist, possibly a parrot. The turban is painted with red and white checks, the trousers are white, the jacket blue and the shirt white and green stripes. The figure also wears a cummerbund painted orange with a tassel, the face painted in naturalistic colours with a moustache. The white base is extended behind the figure to support it and is moulded and painted with a black anchor. Possibly intended to represent a Turkish sailor among a set of figures representing the allies in the Crimea War.
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Object Details
ID: | AAA6092 |
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Collection: | Decorative art |
Type: | Figure |
Display location: | Display - Sea Things Gallery |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | circa 1854 |
People: | Fawssett, A. C. |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Fawssett Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 195 x 100 x 70 mm |