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Bow Figure of a Sailor, Known as 'Tom Bowling', 1752-1753. Soft-paste porcelain. Dixon Gallery ...
Figure of a Sailor, Known as 'Tom Bowling'
Bow Figure of a Sailor, Known as 'Tom Bowling', 1752-1753. Soft-paste porcelain. Dixon Gallery ...
Bow Figure of a Sailor, Known as 'Tom Bowling', 1752-1753. Soft-paste porcelain. Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Stout Hooker, 2008.DA.2.21

Figure of a Sailor, Known as 'Tom Bowling'

Manufacturer (English, 1744 - 1776)
Date1752-1753
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsHeight: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
ClassificationsPORCELAIN
Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Stout Hooker
Object number2008.DA.2.21
DescriptionFigure of a sailor or jack-tar (traditionally known as Tom Bowling from Tobias Smollet's novel Roderick Random) is wearing a black tricorn hat, a lilac jacket, an iron-red-sprigged waistcoat and iron-red-striped trousers. Part of an assembled pair with the lass (2008.DA.2.22)
Status
Not on view
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