English and European Ceramics and Glass - 2nd May 2018
Lot 158
A Salt pearlware theatrical figure of John Liston c.1820
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £190
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Description
A Salt pearlware theatrical figure of John Liston c.1820, dressed as Lubin Log, wearing striped breeches, with a red spotted scarf tied around his throat and a yellow muffler around his head, carrying an umbrella and a hat box, applied Salt mark to the reverse, a small amount of good restoration, 17cm.
Liston first played the character of Lubin Log in James Kenney's Love, Law and Physic at the Covent Garden Theatre in 1812.