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Unknown (Factory)

Figure of Empress Eugénie, earthenware, on an oval base with a moulded rocky upperside, around the front of the base is embossed the inscription "EMPRESS OF FRANCE", in the form of a female figure wearing a long riding habit and feathery hat with veil, riding side-saddle on a horse with ornamental harness, the left front leg of the horsde broken off, the rear of the figure left flat; decorated in polychrome enamels, the figure with blue riding habit ornamented in gilt, yellow gloves, green veil and pink feathers in the hat, the horse painted in orange-pink with orange mane and tail and with a yellow saddle ornamented in brown, the base painted in greens and browns.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 35966

Creation/Production

Unknown
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Staffordshire
Period: 1855 ca

Acquisition

Gift, 10/4/1957

Measurements

Height (cm): 30.8
Length (cm): 24.6
Width (cm): 8.9
Height (in): 12
Length (in): 9
Width (in): 3

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

Categories

Priddwaith | Earthenware Cerameg | Ceramics Celf Gymhwysol | Applied Art
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