Lot Essay
Cf. P.D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era (1970), p. I537, fig. 75, pl.39 for the theatrical group.
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A spill vase group of a gentleman and companion
probably theatrical, he modelled standing, his female companion kneeling at his side, holding a basket of flowers, a hound by their side, on a mound above a shaped oval base -- 23cm. high; two figures of pipers, each modelled seated, flanked by a hound and a sheep, above a stream, well coloured, on shaped oval gilt-line bases -- 19cm. high; a figure of a boy, modelled standing on a rocky mound -- 8.5cm. high, 19th century; and a pair of models of greyhounds, mid 19th century -- 20cm. high; a pair of pen holders modelled as greyhounds recumbent facing to the left and right, enriched with iron-red coats, on shaped oval colbalt-blue bases -- 18.5cm. wide (8)
probably theatrical, he modelled standing, his female companion kneeling at his side, holding a basket of flowers, a hound by their side, on a mound above a shaped oval base -- 23cm. high; two figures of pipers, each modelled seated, flanked by a hound and a sheep, above a stream, well coloured, on shaped oval gilt-line bases -- 19cm. high; a figure of a boy, modelled standing on a rocky mound -- 8.5cm. high, 19th century; and a pair of models of greyhounds, mid 19th century -- 20cm. high; a pair of pen holders modelled as greyhounds recumbent facing to the left and right, enriched with iron-red coats, on shaped oval colbalt-blue bases -- 18.5cm. wide (8)
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