STATUETTE OF DR. SYNTAX
On view in: Adam Bedroom
About this object
The statuette shows a barefooted woman. She is wearing a green dress, a white cap and a blue petticoat . She is holding her dress up as she wades in the water. On her back is a man dressed in a black outfit with a black tricorn hat tied on with a red scarf. He is identified as Dr. Syntax. The top of the base is painted to look like water and a seashore. The sides of the base have gold bands and an inscription.
- Object name:
- STATUETTE OF DR. SYNTAX
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Derby, England
- Date made:
- ca. 1830
- Size:
- 12.3 cm (4 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.33
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; MARK on front of round base in gold letters between two gold lines: Debarquant a Calais; underneath in red: crown over X with dots over script D
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973