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Lot Essay
Cf. P.D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era (1970), p. C295, fig. 285.
Details
A figure of Giuseppe Garibaldi
wearing an orange shirt and white trousers, modelled standing leaning against a pedestal, his right hand holding his sword hilt, the other at his hip, a pile of shells below, on titled shaped oval base, circa 1864 (some light flaking to enamels and rubbing to gilt) -- 22.5cm. high
See illustration
wearing an orange shirt and white trousers, modelled standing leaning against a pedestal, his right hand holding his sword hilt, the other at his hip, a pile of shells below, on titled shaped oval base, circa 1864 (some light flaking to enamels and rubbing to gilt) -- 22.5cm. high
See illustration
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
Please note that there is restoration to this figure and the sword has been regilt.