Three Wemyss ware small pigs circa 1900

comprising a blue, a pink and a black-sponged white example, damaged

The Duchess of Devonshire, Chatsworth - The House, London, 2002, p. 158, where the black and white pig is illustrated in the Duchess's Sitting Room

the red one with chipped front trotter, both ears, and tail; the blue one with chipped left ear, broken front left trotter; the sponged one with missing left ear, back left trotter, and horizontal crack running around the body
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