Figure
Earthenware figure commemorating allied victory in the Crimea painted in overglaze enamels. A sailor stands with one foot on a chained and muzzled brown bear, the other foot resting on a grey cannon with rope running from the gun across the bear's body. The sailor holds a yellow flag in his left hand and waves a yellow straw hat above his head with his left. He wears white trousers, a blue jacket, red and white striped shirt, black belt and orange neckerchief. The back is moulded and painted.
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Object Details
ID: | AAA6094 |
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Collection: | Decorative art |
Type: | Figure |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Events: | Crimean War, 1854-1856 |
Date made: | 1856 |
People: | Fawssett, A. C. |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Fawssett Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 300 x 125 x 85 mm |