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Figurine: Benjamin Franklin

Figurine: Benjamin Franklin
Object name 
Figurine: Benjamin Franklin
Date 
ca. 1820
Medium 
Earthenware
Dimensions 
Overall: 15 1/2 x 7 x 4 1/4 in. ( 39.4 x 17.8 x 10.8 cm )
Description 
Full length porcelain portrait of Benjamin Franklin with scroll in right hand and tricorn hat in left; white with gold pencilling, black shoes, grey hair, polychrome face; oval base with rock mound; erroneously inscribed "George Washington".