Lot Essay
Cf. P.D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era (1970), p. A159, fig. 212.
Details
An equestrian figure of the Prince of Wales
wearing jacket, trousers and waistcoat, holding a plumed hat in his right hand, modelled seated in the saddle turned to the left, well coloured, on grassy mound above titled base, circa 1862 -- 34cm. high; and a figure of the Duke Wellington, modelled seated cross legged in an armchair holding a scroll in his right hand, his left hand raised, sparsely coloured and gilt, upon titled base, mid 19th century -- 30.5cm. high (2)
wearing jacket, trousers and waistcoat, holding a plumed hat in his right hand, modelled seated in the saddle turned to the left, well coloured, on grassy mound above titled base, circa 1862 -- 34cm. high; and a figure of the Duke Wellington, modelled seated cross legged in an armchair holding a scroll in his right hand, his left hand raised, sparsely coloured and gilt, upon titled base, mid 19th century -- 30.5cm. high (2)
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