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Lot Essay
An example of this model, together with his female counterpart, is illustrated by Peter Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures, London, 1992, p. 138, pl. 127.
Details
A BOW FIGURE OF A COOK
CIRCA 1755-60
Modelled as a young man standing beside a tree-stump and turning his head to the right, his arms gathering up his apron and supporting a platter bearing two trussed ducks surrounded by lemon slices, wearing a white hat, pink-lined yellow coat, white shirt, red breeches and black shoes, on a plain mound base (neck, right shoulder, left foot and base restored, chipping to ribbons on breeches)
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1755-60
Modelled as a young man standing beside a tree-stump and turning his head to the right, his arms gathering up his apron and supporting a platter bearing two trussed ducks surrounded by lemon slices, wearing a white hat, pink-lined yellow coat, white shirt, red breeches and black shoes, on a plain mound base (neck, right shoulder, left foot and base restored, chipping to ribbons on breeches)
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high
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