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CIRCA 1820
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A pair of creamware figures of the Welsh tailor and his wife and a pearlware figure of a sleeping child
Circa 1820
The first pair modelled after the Meissen originals, the tailor facing to the left, riding a billy-goat and with kids in his knapsack, the wife on a nanny-goat, children in her knapsack and a baby in her arms, on scroll-moulded rocky-mound bases, enriched in overglaze enamel colours (some restoration and damages), the sleeping child modelled as a naked babe, lying on a tasselled and quilted cushion (slight chipping, one corner repaired)
The pair 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high (3)
Circa 1820
The first pair modelled after the Meissen originals, the tailor facing to the left, riding a billy-goat and with kids in his knapsack, the wife on a nanny-goat, children in her knapsack and a baby in her arms, on scroll-moulded rocky-mound bases, enriched in overglaze enamel colours (some restoration and damages), the sleeping child modelled as a naked babe, lying on a tasselled and quilted cushion (slight chipping, one corner repaired)
The pair 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high (3)
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