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FIGURINE OF A SWORDSMAN, ONE OF FOUR

Creator(s): Ginori Factory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall


About this object

The statuette shows a swordsman wearing eyeglasses. He has a long pointed nose and chin. He is wearing a mauve pink cap with an orange feather, a green cape, red jacket, blue pants with gold dots, yellow garters, white stockings, black shoes, and has a rose red scabbard at his hip. He is bent at the waist and lunges forward with his sword. He leans on a green tree stump for support which is decorated with leaves, and four flowers in relief. The rectangular base has white sides have a gold scroll decoration.

Object name:
FIGURINE OF A SWORDSMAN, ONE OF FOUR
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Doccia, Italy
Date made:
Late 19th c.
Size:
19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
26.143.1
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK N topped with crown with five points [underneath in underglaze blue]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973