Bonhams 1793 : A Bow figure of a female cook, circa 1765

Modelled standing, gripping with the hem of her apron a serving platter bearing a leg of gammon, wearing an under-skirt painted in pink and blue stripes with sprigs of flowers and a pale yellow over-skirt trimmed with blue, her hair tied up under a white cap, on a raised scrollwork base picked out in puce, green and gold, 19.6cm high (some restoration)

Estimate:

£1,000 - 1,500
US$ 1,500 - 2,300
€1,200 - 1,800

Footnotes

An example of this model along with her male counterpart is illustrated by Peter Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures (1992) p.199, fig. 237. An earlier example from the Bradshaw collection was sold in these rooms 24 January 2007, lot 18. The model is after Edmé Bouchardon's Études prises dans le bas peuple où Les Cris de Paris, published between 1737-1746

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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