Description (Labels & Markings)
printed newspaper text on base of skirt may reads 'saldo delle partite correnti tedeshe in Miliardi di marchi' which translates from Italien as 'German current account balance in Billion marks'
Event Date
Author: rachel hand

Context (Field collection)
Letter from Franca Vincent, Exhibit Designer, 21 February, 1989 to Dr Paul Sant Cassia notes, 'As requested, with the £120. that I was granted by the Museum, I have purchased for the Museum's collection two terracotta presepe from San Gregorio Armeno, Napoli, The cost of the artefacts are as follows:
carmello (camel) cost £60,000 lira = £30 British sterling
veditriche de divadura (vendor of vegetable) cost £180,000 lira = £90 British sterling
I was assisted with the purchasing the presepe by Dr Stefano Mazzoleni and Sr Umberto de Gregorio.'
Event Date 21/2/1986
Author: rachel hand

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in workroom February 2020, where it had been since before 2006. Possibly returned from conservation following display.
Event Date 02/2020
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Female figure and 3 tier vegetable stall. Interior of figure's dress is lined with possibly an Italian language newspaper. Potential date in text 1988
However while ceramic and paintedfigure appears older, it may have been made in an older style or the skirt may have been relined.
Event Date 27/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Ceramic female figure (.1) and three-tier vegetable stall (.2). The figure is clothed in a pink and green trimmed dress with blue apron. The vegetable stall includes ceramic and paper vegetables; cauliflower, tomatoes, carrots, watermelon etc. Interior of figure's dress is lined with Italian language newspaper.
Event Date 12/4/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe