A LEAD FIGURE OF A GAMEKEEPER

ENGLISH, 18TH CENTURY

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A LEAD FIGURE OF A GAMEKEEPER
ENGLISH, 18TH CENTURY
Of life-size proportions, dressed in a black cap and green overcoat, firing a musket, with later iron screws to the underside of the feet, the painted decoration refreshed
61 in. (155 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The present figure appears to be known in at least one other version at Biel House, Haddingtonshire which is illustrated in L. Weaver, English Leadwork: Its Art and History, London, 1909, fig. 291.
Another related figure depicted with his hound is at Swaffham, Norfolk.

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