Lot Essay
For a similar Toby with dark-blue frock-coat and green breeches, see the example sold in these rooms, 6 July 2006, lot 1152.
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CIRCA 1770-80
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE CREAMWARE 'FIDDLER' TOBY JUG
CIRCA 1770-80
Typically modelled seated playing the fiddle, on a shaped base, his hat with brown and yellow scalloped edge, wearing a light-blue frock-coat, ochre breeches and brown shoes, with incised brown hair tied en queue with a rosette
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high
CIRCA 1770-80
Typically modelled seated playing the fiddle, on a shaped base, his hat with brown and yellow scalloped edge, wearing a light-blue frock-coat, ochre breeches and brown shoes, with incised brown hair tied en queue with a rosette
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high
Provenance
The Lord Mackintosh of Halifax Collection. No. 93
The J.A. Turner Collection
The J.A. Turner Collection
Literature
Sir Harold Mackintosh, Bt., Early English Figure Pottery, A Collection of Ralph Wood and Contemporary Pottery, (London, 1938), p. 42, illustrated p. 39.
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