English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016

Lot 442

A Plymouth figure of a musician c.1770

Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £1300

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Description

A Plymouth figure of a musician c.1770, seated before flowering bocage and playing the flageolet, wearing a feathered cap, raised on a tall scrolled base with puce highlights, some damages and restoration, 15.6cm.

Paper label for the Fulford Collection.

Cf. Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession No. 414:692-1885, for a near identical example from the collection of Lady Charlotte Schreiber.