Pearlware figure of Apollo

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Date:1780 - 1800 (c.)

Description:Earthenware, decorated with coloured glazes. Attributed to the Wood family of Burslem. Apollo was a god of Greek mythology associated with the sun, music and prophecy, represented in art as the ideal type of manly beauty. Height 205 mm. E. M. Wood Collection, purchased with aid from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund.


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Donor ref:1949.P.184 (159/20688)

Source: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

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