Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A rare and possibly unrecorded Bow figure of Mezzetin, c.1760, the Italian comedy figure seated on a low stump with a small drum between his knees, blowing a short horn, wearing a cloth hat and ruff collar, the three-footed base picked out in dark puce and applied with flowers and leaves, minor restorations, 20.5cm.

Provenance: the John Buckingham Collection.