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1775-1810
GUSN-17358
Molded white clay body w/ naturalistic overglaze enamel wash decoration overall. Square base w/ oxblood line border surmounted by 3-dimensional figure of a rustic young man wearing an orange sheep skin vest, yellow britches and hat. Boy holds flower pot and leans on a spade, standing on a rock-like grassy mound against a green tree-like bocage consisting of four applied and molded stylized leaves w/ floral centers.
figurines
earthenware
enameling
overglazing
Earthenware
Overglazed
Enameled
Staffordshire
Boy
FIGURINE
Unknown
6.5 x 2.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Alice and Emil Ahlborn
1961.156
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