Lot Essay
See Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840, Woodbridge, 1991, pp. 97-99 for other examples with the same base.
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CIRCA 1780
Details
TWO PEARLWARE FIGURES ON GREEN BASES MOULDED WITH FLOWER SWAGS
Circa 1780
Of Orpheus and a woman with flowers in her apron, splashed in coloured glazes, on green bases moulded with flower swags
6½in. (16.5cm.) high (2)
Circa 1780
Of Orpheus and a woman with flowers in her apron, splashed in coloured glazes, on green bases moulded with flower swags
6½in. (16.5cm.) high (2)
Provenance
With Philip Suval, New York