Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 12 Feb 2013
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A massive Staffordshire figure of Bacchus and Ariadne 19th century
A massive Staffordshire figure of Bacchus and Ariadne 19th century, based on a marble model, Bacchus draped in a pink robe with his arm around Ariadne, who holds a goblet of wine, raised on a faux marble base, rivets beneath the base, 61.5cm.
Cf. Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840, p.152, pl.42 for a similar example.
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