Sale 2414
New York
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21 January 2011
Price realised
USD 250
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE GROUP OF A FARMER'S WIFE FEEDING A ROOSTER AND A MODEL OF A BIRD AS A WHISTLE CIRCA 1780-1810 The woman seated on a tree stump, the rooster at her right eating corn out of her left hand, sponged in blue, ochre, and yellow; the bird with similarly sponged plummage 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) and 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
With Wynn A. Sayman, Richmond, Massachusetts (the whistle).
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