Lot Essay
Cf. P.D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era (1970), p. C297, fig. 302.
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Details
A equestrian figure of Victor Emmanuel II
wearing orange kepi, pale-yellow cloak, green tunic and white trousers, modelled seated on the saddle to the right, his right hand holding the reins, on titled oval mound base, circa 1861 (tiny chip to hat, other minor damages and flaking to enamels) -- 38.5cm. high
See illustration
wearing orange kepi, pale-yellow cloak, green tunic and white trousers, modelled seated on the saddle to the right, his right hand holding the reins, on titled oval mound base, circa 1861 (tiny chip to hat, other minor damages and flaking to enamels) -- 38.5cm. high
See illustration
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