Lot Essay
Cf. P.D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era (1970), p. C293, figs. 281 & 4.
Details
A pair of Staffordshire figures of Guiseppe Garibaldi and William Shakespeare
the figures modelled standing, Garibaldi with his right hand resting on the hilt of his sword, a cloak draped against his right leg, Shakespeare with his right elbow resting on a pile of books above a pedestal, each on titled shaped oval bases, circa 1864 (some overpainting to enamels, Shakespeare chipped to base and with two small associated cracks) -- 38cm. high
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the figures modelled standing, Garibaldi with his right hand resting on the hilt of his sword, a cloak draped against his right leg, Shakespeare with his right elbow resting on a pile of books above a pedestal, each on titled shaped oval bases, circa 1864 (some overpainting to enamels, Shakespeare chipped to base and with two small associated cracks) -- 38cm. high
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