Lot Essay
See Halfpenny, p. 165, for a marked example in the City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.
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CIRCA 1810-15, LIGHTLY IMPRESSED MARK AT BACK, PAINTED 29 TO BASE
Details
A WOOD & CALDWELL PEARLWARE ALLEGORICAL FIGURE GROUP OF BRITTANIA
Circa 1810-15, lightly impressed mark at back, painted 29 to base
Modelled as Athena sitting beside the lion of Britain, holding a missing spear, her shield at left, the helmet, cuirasse and shield lustred in silver, on a rock mound base applied with flowers
9 5/8in. (24.4cm.) high
Circa 1810-15, lightly impressed mark at back, painted 29 to base
Modelled as Athena sitting beside the lion of Britain, holding a missing spear, her shield at left, the helmet, cuirasse and shield lustred in silver, on a rock mound base applied with flowers
9 5/8in. (24.4cm.) high
Literature
Manheim, pl. no. 71