CIRCA 1755

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TWO LONGTON HALL FIGURES OF A MILKMAN AND A MILKMAID
CIRCA 1755
Both modelled standing carrying pails on their heads, he wearing a black hat, an open yellow jacket, white shirt, red and yellow spotted cravat, blue apron, purple breeches and black shoes, with a leaping hound at his feet, before a tree-stump, on a square plinth moulded with rococo scrolls and leaves enriched in purple, his companion similarly modelled with a yellow jacket and flowered skirt with flowering leaves at her feet, on a plain square base moulded with scrolls to each corner (his right hand replaced, restoration to dog's front legs, the bocage, both pails, slight chipping to leaves, branches and footrims)
42¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high max. (2)

Provenance

With Simon Spero, London.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Sale room notice

Please note that the milkmaid is cracked and restored through her neck.

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Lot Essay

The present milkmaid may be the only extant example of this model. Another example of the milkman, was sold in these Rooms on 9 October 1989, lot 216. See also the pair of figures of a sportsman and companion on similar bases sold in these Rooms on 9 June 1980, lot 248.

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