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London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
This statuette of pipeclay is made in the second half of the 15th century in Siegburg, Germany by an unknown artist.
It represents a man and woman standing in the costume of the period. The man is pouring out of a jug into a bowl held by the woman, who stands at his left side.
The material pipeclay is a fine white clay also used to make tobacco pipes and pottery. Conveniently situated on a major trading route, Siegburg was a centre of ceramic production with well-organised workshops and kilns in which also pipe-clay figures were fired.
Victoria and Albert Museum