British and Continental Ceramics & Glass - 19th September 2023
Lot 399
An early pair of Bow figures of Liberty and Matrimony c.1750-52, modelled as a gentleman holding a
Estimate £400 - £600
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Description
An early pair of Bow figures of Liberty and Matrimony c.1750-52, modelled as a gentleman holding a small bird aloft in his right hand, his companion holding a bird cage on one hip, each with a recumbent sheep beside them and raised on scrolled bases, some damages and restoration, probably later-decorated, 26cm. (2)
Cf. Simon Spero, Fifteen Years Among Furnaces: Bow Porcelain from a Private Collection, April 2012, p.52 for a figure of David Garrick with similar decoration.