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.

Object Details

ID: AAA6094
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