Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2023
Lot 721
A Longton Hall figure of Ceres
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £400
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Description
A Longton Hall figure of Ceres, c.1755, emblematic of Summer, standing with a putto, holding a sheaf of corn and a sickle, wearing a corn ear diadem and scantily clad in a flowered robe, raised on a scrolled base with puce and green highlights, 16.3cm.
Provenance: the John Buckingham Collection.