Lot Essay
Cf. the example sold by Sotheby's, 17 October 1972, lot 6.
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CIRCA 1760, GOLD ANCHOR MARK
Details
A Chelsea group emblematic of Summer
Circa 1760, gold anchor mark
Modelled as a peasant standing beside a flowering tree, in black hat, green jacket and brown breeches, about to tickle his sleeping companion who rests againsts a bundle of wheatsheaves, wearing a striped headscarf, pink jacket and flowered skirt, a sickle in her hand, on a scroll-moulded base (he with right arm restored, other minor chips and damages)
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Circa 1760, gold anchor mark
Modelled as a peasant standing beside a flowering tree, in black hat, green jacket and brown breeches, about to tickle his sleeping companion who rests againsts a bundle of wheatsheaves, wearing a striped headscarf, pink jacket and flowered skirt, a sickle in her hand, on a scroll-moulded base (he with right arm restored, other minor chips and damages)
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
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