A JOHN DALE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF MERCURY

CIRCA 1820, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AT BACK, THE UNDERSIDE IS INDISTINCTLY INSCRIBED MM IN OCHRE AND O IN GREEN

細節

A JOHN DALE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF MERCURY
Circa 1820, impressed uppercase mark at back, the underside is indistinctly inscribed mm in ochre and o in green
Modelled wearing winged helmet and cuirasse, holding flowers in each hand, before a flowering tree, on a mound base
10in. (25.4cm.) high

來源

With D.M. & P. Manheim, New York

出版

Manheim, pl. no. 56; and Oliver, p. 26, fig. 33.

拍品專文

Few marked examples of John Dale's Manufactory are known and according to Manheim, p. 121 this particular model of Mercury is the only marked example recorded.