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- Chelsea Pottery
- America figure, circa 1760
- Where object was made: England, United Kingdom
- soft paste porcelain
- Object Height: 21 cm
Object Height: 8 1/4 in - Gift from The Frank P. and Harriet C. Burnap Collection
- Not on display
- 1937.0125
- Chelsea Pottery
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Figurine of a girl representing America. She has black hair and a crown/headdress of feathers standing up from a gold band. Her body is peach colored. She is wearing a girdle of feathers around her waist and upper thighs. She is holding a bunch of arrows with gold points in her right hand. She has a gold bow under her left arm. On her left side is a brown quiver suspended by a ribbon of gold that stretches across her body. She is standing in front of green stump that has cream colored flowers in relief. She is standing with one foot upon a green-brown crocodile. The crocodile's mouth is open, showing its many teeth. Her other foot is resting upon an elaborate rococo base with a green top and a white and gold bottom.