Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 23rd February 2016

Lot 72

A Staffordshire Tithe Pig figure group c.1820

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £550

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Description

A Staffordshire Tithe Pig figure group c.1820, of a couple and clergyman standing beneath leafy bocage, the man holding a piglet, the woman a baby, sheaves of corn and a basket of eggs at their feet, raised on a scrolled base with so-called 'patriot' decoration in red and blue on white, some good restoration to the bocage, 18cm.