Hermit Crab
Date1848
Mediumterracotta, shell
ClassificationsSculpture
Dimensions8 5/8 x 8½ in.
22.0 x 21.5 cm
22.0 x 21.5 cm
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
Object number1992.218
DescriptionA terracotta figure of an old woman wearing a hat and scarf, knotted at the neck, emerges from the opening of a large seashell. The figure's left arm rests on the shell with her left hand raised over her right hand. The seashell rests upon a terracotta base depicting various marine life.On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Sculpture & Decorative, Gallery 6
ProvenanceGalerie Elstir, Paris
1480/1500
15th Century
16th Century
17th Century
late 15th Century
1658
middle 15th Century
1875/1900