Polar Bear
Potter: Blackman, Audrey
Stoneware, rolled and draped with combed decoration, the base, dabbed with greyish-blue
Off-white stoneware, rolled and draped, with combed decoration. The bear stands with its right front leg forward, and left hind leg forward, all four paws on the roughly oval base. Its neck is stretched forward, and its tail is between its hind legs, and curved under its belly to meet its left front leg. The body is hollow. The base is dabbed with greyish-blue slip. The whole stands on a separate shallow wooden base.
Given by Mrs Audrey Blackman
Height: 10.8 cm
Length: 24.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1979-07-16) by Blackman, Audrey, Mrs
20th Century, third quarter#
Elizabeth II
Production date:
AD 1963
: dated
Decoration
Part
Accession number: C.8-1979
Primary reference Number: 76170
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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