Figure

Earthenware figure representing Hope, shown with her left elbow leaning on an anchor, her right arm across her waist. Pearlware with overglaze enamel painted decoration. Her head is covered by a yellow veil with an orange border. She wears sandles and a white robe painted with blue and red flower sprigs and a blue border. Her belt is coloured mauve. The figure stands on a white square base. A similar figure with the impressed mark 'T. Smith' is in the City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent.

Object Details

ID: AAA6124
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Figure
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1790-1800
People: Fawssett, A. C.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Fawssett Collection
Measurements: Overall: 80 x 75 x 70 mm
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