Lot Essay
C.f. P.D.Gordon-Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures (New York, 1971), p. G 548, pl. 3, for serveral similar pairs of Turpin and King figures.
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CIRCA 1850
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A Pair of figures of Dick Turpin and Tom King
Circa 1850
Turpin modelled riding Black Bess facing right, wearing a tricorn hat, jacket, waistcoat and breeches in colours, and black boots, carrying a pistol in his right hand, on an oval base with moulded title D.TURPIN, King modelled on horseback facing left, wearing a tricorn hat, long jacket, waistcoat and breeches in colour, with black boats, carrying a pistol in his right hand, on an oval base with moulded title T.KING (minor chipping to tricorn hats and light flaking to enamels)
The first 10¼ in. (26 cm.) high (2)
Circa 1850
Turpin modelled riding Black Bess facing right, wearing a tricorn hat, jacket, waistcoat and breeches in colours, and black boots, carrying a pistol in his right hand, on an oval base with moulded title D.TURPIN, King modelled on horseback facing left, wearing a tricorn hat, long jacket, waistcoat and breeches in colour, with black boats, carrying a pistol in his right hand, on an oval base with moulded title T.KING (minor chipping to tricorn hats and light flaking to enamels)
The first 10¼ in. (26 cm.) high (2)
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