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Figure
Toby pepper box, earthenware, standing on a round pedestal, in the form of a small squat male figure wearing a tricorn hat, coat, waistcoat and breeches, and holding a jug and mug, the top of the hat perforated to form the lid of the pepper box, to the rear of the figure is a hole to let the pepper in; the figure painted with black hat, blue coat ornamented with touches of gilt, green waistcoat and orange breeches, a gilt line around the front of the base.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35967
Acquisition
Purchase, 1904
Measurements
Height
(cm): 14.9
diam
(cm): 6.1
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 2
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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