Lot Essay
Cf. Bernard Rackham, The Glaisher Collection, Cambridge, 1935, pl. 54, no. 803; another example in the Willet Collection Catalogue, no. 1640; and a more elaborate group in Colonial Williamsburg
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE ARBOUR GROUP
CIRCA 1760
Modelled as a couple seated beneath an arbour, his hand on her bare knee, the arbour moulded with flowers and vine (arbour restuck, chips to base rim)--6in. (15.5cm.) high
CIRCA 1760
Modelled as a couple seated beneath an arbour, his hand on her bare knee, the arbour moulded with flowers and vine (arbour restuck, chips to base rim)--6in. (15.5cm.) high
Provenance
M.F. Phillips, Milford, 1964
Literature
Antiques Magazine, October 1964