Figure

An earthenware figure of a Greenwich pensioner. He has peg right leg and is shown seated at a round table covered with a cloth, a glass in his left hand. He wears a long blue coat, brown hat, grey breeches and buff waistcoat. The table is painted orange and pink. The pensioner's face and long brown hair are in natural colours. The base of the figure is enclosed and picked out with a gilt line.

Object Details

ID: AAA6103
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Figure
Display location: Display - Sea Things Gallery
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1845
People: Fawssett, A. C.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Fawssett Collection
Measurements: Overall: 215 x 125 x 105 mm