Lot Essay
Cf. P.D. Gordon-Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures (New York, 1971), p. C 280, pl. 55, fig. 143 for a similar figure of Florence Nightingale.
THE TITLED FIGURES CIRCA 1855, THE MAIDEN CIRCA 1845
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A Staffordshire figure of Florence Nightingale, a religious group and a maiden
The titled figures Circa 1855, the maiden Circa 1845
The first modelled with Florence Nightingale to the right, wearing a flowing dress in white with a coloured veil in her hair, standing beside a seated wounded officer in military uniform enriched in gilt, on an oval base with moulded title MISS NIGHTINGALE; the second modelled with Christ swathed in white robes standing on a clock between two children on pillars, his hand on their heads, on an oval base with gilt moulded title FORBID THEM NOT; the third modelled as a maiden in white, looking to the right, wearing a buttoned bodice and full skirt holding a yellow hat, her hand to her head, on a moulded oval base (rubbing to gilding, minor hairline cracks)
The first 9¾ in. (25 cm.) high (3)
The titled figures Circa 1855, the maiden Circa 1845
The first modelled with Florence Nightingale to the right, wearing a flowing dress in white with a coloured veil in her hair, standing beside a seated wounded officer in military uniform enriched in gilt, on an oval base with moulded title MISS NIGHTINGALE; the second modelled with Christ swathed in white robes standing on a clock between two children on pillars, his hand on their heads, on an oval base with gilt moulded title FORBID THEM NOT; the third modelled as a maiden in white, looking to the right, wearing a buttoned bodice and full skirt holding a yellow hat, her hand to her head, on a moulded oval base (rubbing to gilding, minor hairline cracks)
The first 9¾ in. (25 cm.) high (3)
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