Sale 3755
New York
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30 June - 1 July 2015
Price realised
USD 3,125
Estimate
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE GROUP OF MUSICIANS AND A MODEL OF THE RED BARN CIRCA 1820-30, ATTRIBUTED TO OBADIAH SHERATT The first modeled as a a gentleman playing pipes, his companion playing the lute, seated on a stepped hill with sheep; the infamous Red Barn with open door and shaped plinth; together with a later bull baiting group, the base inscribed BULL BEATING/NOW CAPTIN LAD 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) wide, the larger
Provenance
With Oliver-Sutton Antiques, London.
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