Lot 135
135
A CHELSEA FIGURE OF A MASQUERADER holding a birdcage and with a bag slung from his shoulder, wearing a mask, pale-yellow hat, yellow jacket edged in turquoise and with white ruff, puce blouse and turquoise breeches, standing before a tree-stump applied with flowering foliage, the circular scroll-moulded base applied with flowerheads and enriched in gilding (minor restoration to fingers, chips to flowers and foliage), gold anchor mark, circa 1760

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A CHELSEA FIGURE OF A MASQUERADER holding a birdcage and with a bag slung from his shoulder, wearing a mask, pale-yellow hat, yellow jacket edged in turquoise and with white ruff, puce blouse and turquoise breeches, standing before a tree-stump applied with flowering foliage, the circular scroll-moulded base applied with flowerheads and enriched in gilding (minor restoration to fingers, chips to flowers and foliage), gold anchor mark, circa 1760
19.5cm. high

Lot Essay

Cf. Frank Stonor, Chelsea, Bow and Derby Porcelain Figures, pl. 32 and for other examples from the series of Masqueraders see John Austin, Chelsea Porcelain at Williamsburg, pp. 142-146, nos. 130-139

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