Benjamin Franklin
date: label: date made
content: about 1860
notes: label: Description
content: Staffordshire figure of Benjamin Franklin. Marked "FRANKLIN" in raised letters on front of the white base. Open scroll in right hand; black hat tucked under left are. His waistcoat is dark blue, his vest is oulined in red with a green and purple pattern, suggesting a floral motif, in white. His hair is grey and his face is mildly tinted in orange with strong orange at the cheeks. Black shoes. Overall glaze is white.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Staffordshire
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CE.68.24
label: catalog number
content: 68.24
label: accession number
content: 276317
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Figure
label: Object Name
content: figurine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: blue (inscription text color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (inscription text color)
label: Physical Description
content: polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, earthenware, refined (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/8 in x 6 1/16 in x 4 1/4 in; 35.8775 cm x 15.39875 cm x 10.795 cm