Lot 59
59
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF CYBELE

Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF CYBELE
CIRCA 1780, PERHAPS WILLIAM GREATBATCH

As a classical maiden, modelled standing, holding a cornucopia, her robes enriched with blue, on a square base, head restuck
5 3/8in. (13.2cm.) high
Provenance
With The Morris House, Stamford, Connecticut

Lot Essay

Cf. David Barker, William Greatbatch, a Staffordshire Potter, London, 1991, p. 182 and pl. XXVII; and Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840, Woodbridge, 1991, pp. 48-49 and p. 94 for shards found at Fenton and a corresponding figure with coloured glazes