A pearlware 'Grecian and Daughter' figure group

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A pearlware 'Grecian and Daughter' figure group
also known as 'Roman Charity', of Obadiah Sherratt type, the Grecian slave modelled half-reclining in chains and suckling from his daughter who stands next to him before two turrets and two flowering trees, above a flower-encrusted mound above a titled and swag-moulded table base, enriched in colours -- 9 1/8in. (23.2cm.), circa 1830 (restored)

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Lot Essay

C.f. English Earthenware Figures by Pat Halfpenny, p.267, where a similar model is illustrated from the collection of the Royal Pavilion Art Gallery & Museum at Brighton. For an explanation of the subject, which is based on the story of Cimon and Pera and a popular 18th century play (Cimon was imprisoned and his daughter Pera nourished him by allowing him to suckle from her) see Staffordshire Pottery by Anthony Oliver, p.48.

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