Lot 183
  • 183

TWO STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY BUSTS OF JOHN WESLEY FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
1,400 - 1,800 USD
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Description

  • porcelain
  • Heights 12 in. and 11 1/4 in.
After the models by Enoch Wood, raised on a marbleized or red waisted base, the first with a faintly impressed descriptive plaque. 2 pieces.

Provenance

The first: Freeman's Auctions, Philadelphia, April 15, 1999, lot 129, through Jonathan Trace.
The second: Freeman's Auctions, Philadelphia, April 13, 1991.

Condition

Both in generally good condition, apart from some very minor and occasional flakes to the enamels.
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