Property from the Collection of Josephine & Walter Buhl Ford II

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Lot 137
  • 137

A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE GROUP OF 'DR. SYNTAX PLAYING CARDS' CIRCA 1825

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • height 6 1/2 in.
  • 16.5 cm
the clergyman modeled seated at a table with a companion within an arbor. Restored.

Provenance

D. M. & P. Manheim Antiques, New York
Acquired from the above, 1957

Catalogue Note

A similar model is illustrated by Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840, p. 260.