English and European Ceramics and Glass - 16th June 2021
Lot 261
A large Bow white-glazed figure of the actress Kitty Clive c.1750
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £3500
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Description
A large Bow white-glazed figure of the actress Kitty Clive c.1750, modelled in her role as Mrs Riot in Lethe from an engraving by Charles Mosley after a watercolour by Thomas Worlidge, wearing a wide crinoline and resting a small spaniel on her right hip, raised on a square base decorated with wide leaf scrolls, some restoration to her mob cap, 25.3cm.
Provenance: the collection of Aurea Carter.
Cf. Raymond C. Yarborough, Bow Porcelain and the London Theatre, pp.20-26.