Lot Essay
See Haggar, fig. 42 for a similar example dated 1795.
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CIRCA 1795, POSSIBLY MODELLED BY JOHN BACON, R.A., FOR ENOCH WOOD
Details
A LARGE STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE GROUP OF WRESTLING PUTTI
Circa 1795, possibly modelled by John Bacon, R.A., for Enoch Wood
In the sculptural manner of Claude Augustin Cayot and Jean Baptiste Pigalle, modelled as Eros and Anteros wrestling, one trying to step on a heart, arrows at their feet, on a circular marbelized base
16½in. (41.9cm.) high
Circa 1795, possibly modelled by John Bacon, R.A., for Enoch Wood
In the sculptural manner of Claude Augustin Cayot and Jean Baptiste Pigalle, modelled as Eros and Anteros wrestling, one trying to step on a heart, arrows at their feet, on a circular marbelized base
16½in. (41.9cm.) high
Literature
Manheim, pl. no. 57