English and European Ceramics and Glass - 18th October 2017
Lot 1297
Two pearlware figures of animals early 19th century
Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £1400
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Description
Two pearlware figures of animals early 19th century, one of a fox, wearing a collar and seated with its head turned to sinister, raised on a rectangular base, the other of a long-haired dog, sniffing a flower on a grassy base before flowering bocage, the dog's tail broken and restuck, 14.6cm max. (2)
Cf. Myrna Schkolne, People, Passions, Pastimes and Pleasures, p.220 for a similar model of a fox.