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Pottery statue, entitled "Old Age" depicting a man on crutches, Staffordshire, 1800-1830.
Old age and infirmity is represented by this elderly man hunched over a walking stick and supported by a crutch. Old age or elderliness was not necessarily perceived in terms of age but physical condition. The pottery statue was made in Staffordshire, England, a centre of ceramic-making called the Potteries. It was bought at auction in October 1918.
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- Category:
- Orthopaedics
- Object Number:
- A21425
- type:
- figurine
- taxonomy:
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- visual and verbal communication
- sculpture
- credit:
- Fosters
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