English and European Ceramics and Glass - 2nd May 2018
Lot 157
A pearlware theatrical figure of Madame Vestris c.1820
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £140
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Description
A pearlware theatrical figure of Madame Vestris c.1820, as the Broom Girl, standing and holding two small twig brooms in her left hand, a third in her right, a small purses hanging from her waist, raised on a square base, some good restoration, 16.3cm.
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (1797-1865), was born Elizabeth Bartolozzi and married the dancer Armand Vestris at the age of sixteen. She first sang The Broom Girl at the Haymarket Theatre in 1826.