CIRCA 1750

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A Bow white figure of Kitty Clive
Circa 1750
Modelled in the role of 'The Fine Lady' in Garrick's 'Lethe', standing, half-turned to the left, her spaniel tucked beneath her right arm, in lace cap, jacket with lace facings and cuffs, her bodice incised with hatched ornament and with ample crinoline, on a square base with diaper and foliage ornament (some chipping to lace cap, minute chip to toe and a small chip to back of base, small crack to base at front right)
9¾ in. (25 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This model is based on an engraving by Charles Mosley, published in 1750, based on an earlier drawing by Thomas Worlidge.

For other examples, see Yvonne Hackenbroch, op. cit. (London, 1957), pl.76; for the example in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, which is dated 1750, see Hugh Tate, Bow Porcelain 1744-1776, British Museum Exhibition Catalogue (1959), figs. 18,19 and 40: see also Anton Gabszewicz, Bow Porcelain, The Collection Formed by Geoffrey Freeman (London, 1982), no.186; and other examples sold in these Rooms, notably a pair of Kitty Clive and her companion figure Henry Woodward from the Rous Lench Collection, sold in these Rooms, 3rd May 1990, lot 385.

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