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A Staffordshire figure of Robert Burns
Details
A Staffordshire figure of Robert Burns
wearing long blue coat, jacket and breeches, modelled seated taking snuff, on shaped oval gilt line base, circa 1848 (light flaking to enamels) -- 19cm. 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.
Lot Essay
Cf. P.D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era (1970), p. H501, fig. 56.