Arts and Crafts - 24th August 2021
Lot 91
Agatha Walker (1888-1980)
Estimate £120 - £180 | Hammer £150
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Description
Agatha Walker (1888-1980)
Polly Peachum, 1922
a plaster and wax figure, Lucy Lockit another plaster and wax figure and a Wedgwood white glaze figure of Lucy Lockit dated 1921,
monogram, title and date cast in base, Lucy Lockit wax figure repaired to neck,
27cm. high (Polly Peachum), (3)
Provenance
The David Coachworth and Peter Myers Collection.
Catalogue notes
Claud Lovat Fraser designed the set for The Beggar's Opera at the Lyric Theatre in 1921. Wedgwood list models of Polly Peachum and Kate Hardcastle being made circa 1929 in small numbers.