Figure, Horse

Date1765-1775

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (cream-colored earthenware / creamware)

DimensionsH: 7 1/4 x 8 1/2

Credit LineGift of Mr. Harry H. Coon

Object number2005-175

DescriptionStaffordshire tortoiseshell-glazed creamware figure of a "Suffolk Punch", the sturdy horse with a body streaked in manganese and teal-blue, wearing a lightly molded harness and modeled with the right foreleg bent, and standing on a green-glazed rectangular base with a manganese splash.ProvenancePurchased from David Newbon, London, England

Previously owned by Harry H. Coon of Glenview, IL