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A figure of Pope Pius IX
Sampson Smith, wearing skull-cap, knee-length coat and trousers, modelled standing with his right hand raised in blessing, a plinth to his right with two books on top, on shaped oval base titled in gilt His Holiness The Pope, circa 1875 (his right hand a replacement, glaze crazing) -- 36cm. high
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Sampson Smith, wearing skull-cap, knee-length coat and trousers, modelled standing with his right hand raised in blessing, a plinth to his right with two books on top, on shaped oval base titled in gilt His Holiness The Pope, circa 1875 (his right hand a replacement, glaze crazing) -- 36cm. high
See illustration
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