A STAFFORDSHIRE MODEL OF 'THE LOST SHEEP'

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A STAFFORDSHIRE MODEL OF 'THE LOST SHEEP'
CIRCA 1785, WOOD FAMILY

The shepherd in black hat, green coat, yellow vest and grey breeches walking with a sheep over his right shoulder
8 7/8in. (22.5cm.) high
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, April 22, 1981, lot 52

Lot Essay

Cf. Frank Falkner, The Wood Family of Burslem, London, 1912, pl. XII, no. 48; Sir Harold Mackintosh, Bt., Early English Figure Pottery, London, 1938, p. 23, fig. 32; and Leslie B. Grigsby, The Henry H. Weldon Collection, English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800, London, 1992, fig. 281 for other examples