A pearlware figure of Neptune
of Wood family type, modelled standing crowned and wearing loose drapes, on a dolphin above a rocky mound, above a square plinth, enriched in brown, green and ochre glazes, circa 1785 -- 28cm. high
Lot Essay
Cf. Pat Halfpenny English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840 (1991), p.76, pl.17.
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