AN ASSEMBLED PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE GROUPS OF 'PASTIME' CIRCA 1790-1810

each modeled as as either a bagpiper or a tambourine player and his compantion seated before a flowering bocage on a high rocky mound and square base titled on the front. Some restoration and minor chips

The bagpiper group, D. M. & P. Manheim Antiques, New York

Bagpiper group: Generally good condition apart from a very minor pinhead chip to the florette of each shoe of the companion figure.and a minor 1/4-in. restored chip to the bottom edge of the front left corner. Tambourine group: a 1 x 1-in. portion of the bocage above the musician's head is restored and his right arm is restored through the elbow. The companion is restored through the her head and right wrist.
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