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figure

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  • Description

    figure of a penguin

    Made from porcelain. A small figure of a penguin, it is free standing and has its wings held behind it's body. The penguin is coloured black, white, yellow, and brown. On the underside is a large circular hole to aid with drying. On the underside is makers mark of a lion over a crown with text: ROYAL DOULTON/ ENGLAND

  • Place
    Burslem/Staffordshire/England
  • Accession Number
    1959.82.22
  • Accession Date
    1959
  • Other Id

    K978 (ceramic)

    35680 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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