A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE BOCAGE GROUP OF PERFORMING DOGS CIRCA 1820-25

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

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Description

height 9 1/2 in.
24.1 cm

modeled as a bagpiper seated beneath a tree on a high grassy mound, his companion holding a small dog and three costumed dogs dancing before them. Some repair and minor restoration.

Provenance

D. M. & P. Manheim Antiques, New York
Acquired from the above 1972

Catalogue Note

A similar model is illustrated by Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures 1740 -1840, p. 221, color pl. 59; another was in the Reed Fitt Collection, sold at Lawrence Fine Art Auctioneer's, Taunton, February 15, 2000, lot 262; and a third was in the Hope McCormick Collection, sold at Christie's, New York, January 21, 2003, lot 47.