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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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