Lot Essay
Cf. Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840, (1991), p62.
Details
A pearlware figure emblematic of Prudence
possibly Enoch Wood, modelled standing wearing pale-green classical dress, painted with sprays of flowers, and iron-red turquoise-lined cloak, a snake coiled around her right hand, a goblet in her left, on a circular marbeled plinth base, circa 1790 (restoration and minor damages) -- 60.5cm. high
See front cover illustration
possibly Enoch Wood, modelled standing wearing pale-green classical dress, painted with sprays of flowers, and iron-red turquoise-lined cloak, a snake coiled around her right hand, a goblet in her left, on a circular marbeled plinth base, circa 1790 (restoration and minor damages) -- 60.5cm. high
See front cover illustration