English pipe in the form of a fish

An image of Pipe in the form of a fish. Unknown pottery, Staffordshire. Cream-coloured earthenware, moulded, and decorated with green, yellow, and yellowish-brown lead-glazes and metallic oxides, circa 1755-1770. Rococo.

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Pipe in the form of a fish. Unknown pottery, Staffordshire. Cream-coloured earthenware, moulded, and decorated with green, yellow, and yellowish-brown lead-glazes and metallic oxides, circa 1755-1770. Rococo.

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Accession Number: EC.2-1941
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 378 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 61.93kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1

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18th Century Artist/Maker Artistic Movement Date Department English Fitz_AA Material Medium Nationalities Other Keywords Predominant Colours Roccoco Rococo Staffordshire Pottery Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd devouring earthenware eating fangs fish glazed green lead-glazed moulded pipe (tobacco) pottery smoking teeth

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