A STAFFORDSHIRE ENAMELED SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE FIGURE OF A SWAN CIRCA 1755

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

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Description

height 6 3/8 in.
16.2 cm

crisply modeled with brightly colored plumage and two cygnets beneath its breast on a low oval mound base. Minor chip to one cygnet's beak, minor haircrack.

Provenance

D. M. & P. Manheim Antiques, New York

Catalogue Note

A similar pair of swans, as well as a pair of white models splashed in blue, formerly in the Rous Lench Collection, are illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, The Henry H. Weldon Collection, English Pottery 1650-1800, p. 311, no. 171, where the author suggests, on p. 310, that they were most likely adapted from Meissen models designed for the 'Swan Service.'