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Staffordshire figure of a girl kneeling in prayer

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An image of Flat-backed figure. Girl kneeling in prayer. Mary Magdalene. Unidentified factory, Staffordshire. The rectangular base is encircled by a thick gilt line. The girl kneels on her right knee, on a cushion; she gazes upwards with pious expression and her hands are raised in prayer, The figure is mainly white, with features picked out in enamels and gilt. Her lower body is draped in a wrap, which winds over her right arm, leaving her breasts exposed. Her brown hair falls just over her shoulders. The cushion is decorated to the front with a gold cord fixed by three tasselled rosettes. White earthenware moulded in three parts and pearlware glazed. Painted with brown, red and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt. The underside is concave and glazed. The back is moulded, with a vent hole 7cm from the bottom. Height, whole, 26 cm, width, whole, 14.6 cm, depth, whole, 9.7 cm, circa 1840-1865. Victorian.

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Flat-backed figure. Girl kneeling in prayer. Mary Magdalene. Unidentified factory, Staffordshire. The rectangular base is encircled by a thick gilt line. The girl kneels on her right knee, on a cushion; she gazes upwards with pious expression and her hands are raised in prayer, The figure is mainly white, with features picked out in enamels and gilt. Her lower body is draped in a wrap, which winds over her right arm, leaving her breasts exposed. Her brown hair falls just over her shoulders. The cushion is decorated to the front with a gold cord fixed by three tasselled rosettes. White earthenware moulded in three parts and pearlware glazed. Painted with brown, red and flesh-pink enamels, and gilt. The underside is concave and glazed. The back is moulded, with a vent hole 7cm from the bottom. Height, whole, 26 cm, width, whole, 14.6 cm, depth, whole, 9.7 cm, circa 1840-1865. Victorian.

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  • Accession Number: C.1021-1928
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 769 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 410.16kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1

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19th Century bended knee British School clasped hands cushion draped drapery earthenware enamel enamelled English female female nude Fitz_AA gilded gilt girls glazed hands hands clasped kneeling Magdalen Mary Magdalene moulded nude pearlware piety pious pottery prayer praying religion religious St Mary Magdalen Staffordshire Pottery Victorian young youth

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