Lot Essay
For a pair of similar pearlware figures, see The Herbert and Sylvia Jacobs Collection of 18th and Early 19th Century English Pottery, Christies New York, 24 January 1994, lot 198.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE PORCELAIN FIGURES OF ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA
CIRCA 1820, AFTER MODELS POSSIBLY BY WOOD & CALDWELL
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A PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE PORCELAIN FIGURES OF ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA
Circa 1820, after models possibly by Wood & Caldwell
Each reclining on rocky ground andgled to resemble a recamier, he wearing a cuirasse, she a yellow-lined gown painted with scattered purple flowers, a bright green asp entwined as a bracelet on her upper arm about to bite her breast
12 1/8in. (30.8cm.) long (2)
Circa 1820, after models possibly by Wood & Caldwell
Each reclining on rocky ground andgled to resemble a recamier, he wearing a cuirasse, she a yellow-lined gown painted with scattered purple flowers, a bright green asp entwined as a bracelet on her upper arm about to bite her breast
12 1/8in. (30.8cm.) long (2)