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