Ceramic figure
Unknown
Category
Ceramics
Date
1900
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
108 x 84 mm; 47 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Unknown
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 813512
Summary
Porcelain figure of a young cooper wearing a striped blue skirt and brown overall. Seated on barrel holding hammer and chisel in hand whilst working on another barrel. With oval base.
Provenance
Dudmaston collection. Given to Augustina Muriel Hay, the second wife of Capt.Geoffrey Wolryche-Whitmore, by her first husband P.A.Tillard, who died in the First World War.
Marks and inscriptions
Base: 'Got from the ruins of Ypres June 2nd 1915 PAT' (accompanied by hand written note)
Makers and roles
Unknown, ceramicist