Lot Essay
Cf. Staffordshire Pottery by Anthony Oliver p. 38, plate 42
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A pair of Obadiah Sherratt figures of Venus and Neptune
each modelled atop a mound of seashells and standing before a dolphin, Neptune loosely draped in a cloak and wearing a crown, Venus also wearing a cloak and accompanied by Cupid, painted in colours, both on square section marbled table bases with applied pads to each impressed VENUS and NEPTUNE -- 25.5cm. high (Neptune), circa 1830 (restorations)
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each modelled atop a mound of seashells and standing before a dolphin, Neptune loosely draped in a cloak and wearing a crown, Venus also wearing a cloak and accompanied by Cupid, painted in colours, both on square section marbled table bases with applied pads to each impressed VENUS and NEPTUNE -- 25.5cm. high (Neptune), circa 1830 (restorations)
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