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Molded white clay body; standing figure; overglaze polychrome enamel decoration. Naval officer with left arm leaning on pedestal; three eagles on shaft; right hand holding telescope. Well-modeled in back.
figurines
earthenware
enameling
glazing (coating)
molding (forming)
tin (metal)
marines (visual works)
telescopes
Staffordshire
Earthenware
Classical Figure
Eagle
Maritime
Telescope
Molded
Tin Glazed
Enameled
FIGURINE
Across base: John Paul Jones
Jones, John Paul
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
9.375 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.416
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