TWO STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF 'CHARITY' AND 'PEACE'
1810-1820
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TWO STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF 'CHARITY' AND 'PEACE'
1810-1820
'Charity' standing with an infant in her arms, two older children at her side; 'Peace' setting fire to the instruments of War with her torch
8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) high, the larger (2)
Lot Essay
See Halfpenny, p. 181 for a similarly decorated example of 'Peace' in the City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.
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