English Delftware Figure of Nobody

An image of Figure of Nobody. Brislington Pottery, possibly, London. Buff earthenware, moulded in parts, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, pale turquoise-green, yellow, and orange, height, whole, 23.3 cm, diameter, base, 10.6 cm, dated 1675. Anthropomorphic vessel.

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Figure of Nobody. Brislington Pottery, possibly, London. Buff earthenware, moulded in parts, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, pale turquoise-green, yellow, and orange, height, whole, 23.3 cm, diameter, base, 10.6 cm, dated 1675. Anthropomorphic vessel.

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Accession Number: C.1433-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 766 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 150.69kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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17th Century Artist/Maker Brislington Pottery Date Delftware Department English English Delftware Fitz_AA Material Medium Object Type Other Keywords Restoration Stewart Period Stuart Period Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd _WF_Replaced_OK anthropomorphic bearded beards ceramics clothes clothing costume dated doublet and hose earthenware fashion figure glazed male man moulded nobody painted pipe (tobacco) smoker smoking stockings tin-glazed

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