Lot Essay
Cf. P.D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures Of The Victorian Era (1970), p. D334. fig.41.
Details
A figure of a clergyman
attributed to Revd. Thomas Raffles or Revd. John Fletcher, modelled standing beside a book which rests on a pedestal, mid 19th century -- 24cm. high; a figure of Father Theobald Mathew, modelled standing, his right arm raised, on a round gilt-line base, circa 1850 -- 13cm. high; two candle snuffers modelled as a priest and a nun -- 9cm. high (4)
attributed to Revd. Thomas Raffles or Revd. John Fletcher, modelled standing beside a book which rests on a pedestal, mid 19th century -- 24cm. high; a figure of Father Theobald Mathew, modelled standing, his right arm raised, on a round gilt-line base, circa 1850 -- 13cm. high; two candle snuffers modelled as a priest and a nun -- 9cm. high (4)
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