Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2023
Lot 720
A small and rare Longton Hall 'Snowman' figure...
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £500
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Description
A small and rare Longton Hall 'Snowman' figure of a Classical maiden, c.1753, probably emblematic of Ceres or Summer, holding a sheaf of corn, a small putto reaching up by her left side, the domed base applied with a rosette flower and two leaves, 11.8cm.
Provenance: the John Buckingham Collection.
Cf. Bernard Watney, Longton Hall Porcelain, pl.4A for a larger example.