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Description: | A worn and incomplete pipe clay figurine probably dating from the late medieval period onwards. The figurine represents a male genuflecting on one knee. The object is free standing on its flat base. Following old damage the head, lower right leg, and left foot have been lost. The right hand has also suffered damage. The figure is down on their right knee with the left foot resting on the 'ground'. The left hand and arm are rested on the left knee, while the right arm is against the body bent forwards. The figure appears to be wearing a one-piece costume which reaches down to at least the knees. This outfit features no forms of ornamentation such as a belt, buttons or tags, nor any trimming, although the neckline is defined. Lacking both the head and any diagnostic dress or attributes it is difficult to ascribe a date or function to this figurine. The pose adopted is clearly reverential and is somewhat reminiscent of a donor in an altarpiece wing, although the hands are not clasped together. Pipe clay figurines were manufactured in the years leading up to the Reformation for popular religious use (Mills 1999, 89), although any such date attribution for this artefact can only be tentative. | Subjects: | human | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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