Lot Essay
C.f. English Earthenware Figures by Pat Halfpenny pl.16, p.73, for an illustration of two similar figures
Details
Two Wood family creamware figures
of a shepherd and shepherdess, each modelled standing with one hand outstretched to hold a crook, in typical dress, he with a dog at his feet and she with a sheep at hers, both set on rocky-mound bases, enriched in translucent green, brown, yellow, brown glazes, cobalt and manganese -- 9¾in. (25cm.) high, circa 1785 (restoration and slight chips)
See front cover illustration (2)
of a shepherd and shepherdess, each modelled standing with one hand outstretched to hold a crook, in typical dress, he with a dog at his feet and she with a sheep at hers, both set on rocky-mound bases, enriched in translucent green, brown, yellow, brown glazes, cobalt and manganese -- 9¾in. (25cm.) high, circa 1785 (restoration and slight chips)
See front cover illustration (2)
Further details
PROVENANCE:
Price Glover Inc., New York. Labels inscribed number 626d.
The shepherd with label for D.M. & P. Manheim, London.
Price Glover Inc., New York. Labels inscribed number 626d.
The shepherd with label for D.M. & P. Manheim, London.