Parian figure of a woman holding calipers, standing and leaning on a column

An image of Figure. Unknown lady. Parian porcelain figure of a woman holding calipers, standing and leaning on a column. Unknown manufacturer, England. Parian (porcelain), slip-cast, height, 37.9 cm, length, 18.5 cm, width, 13.9 cm, length, base, 18.5 cm, width, base, 11.4 cm, circa 1850-1900. Acquisition Credit: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of G. D. V. Glynn, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

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Figure. Unknown lady. Parian porcelain figure of a woman holding calipers, standing and leaning on a column. Unknown manufacturer, England. Parian (porcelain), slip-cast, height, 37.9 cm, length, 18.5 cm, width, 13.9 cm, length, base, 18.5 cm, width, base, 11.4 cm, circa 1850-1900. Acquisition Credit: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of G. D. V. Glynn, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

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Accession Number: C.1020-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1365 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 71.74kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2017:10:02 10:24:43

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19th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending British School calipers ceramics classical classical dress columns English female figure Fitz_AA leaning leaning forward parian parianware porcelain sculpture slip cast slipware standing studio ceramics tools white woman

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