Lot Essay
Cf. P.D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era (1970), p. A159, figs. 212 and 213.
Details
A pair of equestrian figures of the Prince and Princess of Wales
each modelled seated in the saddle to the left and right, well coloured on grassy mounds above titled shaped oval bases, circa 1863 -- 33.5cm. high; a figure of Princess Louise, wearing a plumed hat, trimmed jacket and full skirt, modelled standing holding a handkerchief in her right hand, circa 1871 -- 25.5cm. high; and a group of Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, modelled standing side by side, circa 1866 -- 31.5cm. high (4)
each modelled seated in the saddle to the left and right, well coloured on grassy mounds above titled shaped oval bases, circa 1863 -- 33.5cm. high; a figure of Princess Louise, wearing a plumed hat, trimmed jacket and full skirt, modelled standing holding a handkerchief in her right hand, circa 1871 -- 25.5cm. high; and a group of Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, modelled standing side by side, circa 1866 -- 31.5cm. high (4)
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