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Figure of Abraham Lincoln on horseback facing left, white earthenware with a strong blue/grey crackle glaze, standing a tapering oval base, inscribed in gilt raised capitals. Figure in contemporary dress of black shoes, white trousers strapped under the instep, white coat with gilt outlining an buttons, white waistcoat decorated with rust dots, white shirt and bow tie, wearing an orange cloak with a grey fur collar, brown hair and whiskers, seated on a lemon saddle and facing viewer, resting right forearm on mane of horse and holding gilt reins, left hand on resting on the back of the saddle and holding a black hat against the horse's side. Horse with long cloth under saddle, pink yellow and gilt harness with gilt tassels by head, black hooves muzzle and eye, traces of gilding on mane and tail; walking with right leg slightly raised on a white rocky ground.