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Figure of a soldier on horseback, earthenware, standing on a low rectangular plinth with moulded edge, the figure dressed in military costume with fez and short cloak, one arm is raised but the hand is broken off, a rifle hangs to one side, the horse rears up on its back legs with its forelegs in the air, the ends of both forelegs broken off, one repaired, the body of the horse supported by a rounded moulded pillar rising from a roughly oval moulded base to the centre of the rectangular plinth; covered all over with silver lustre which is dull and worn in places.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35085
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 19th century
Acquisition
Bequest, 4/2/1942
Measurements
Height
(cm): 27
Length
(cm): 23.5
Width
(cm): 12.7
Height
(in): 10
Length
(in): 9
Width
(in): 5
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
lustre, silver
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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