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Lot 109

A West Pans model of a horse, circa 1765-70

13 April 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £2,375 inc. premium

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A West Pans model of a horse, circa 1765-70

Left in the white and modelled reclining on an irregular base applied with flowers and leaves, 21cm long (minor restorations)

Footnotes

The same model also occurs in Longton Hall porcelain of the so-called 'Snowman' type, see the pair of horses in the Victoria and Albert Museum illustrated by W B Honey, Old English Porcelain, pl.55B. A comparison of these with the present lot reveals that this example is 3cm longer and of a rather creamier paste, suggesting a reissue of the Longton Hall model.

Closely related models of reclining horses on flat, flower-encrusted bases are found in Staffordshire pottery with Whieldon type glazes and in white saltglaze. A pair with a lead glaze was exhibited by Jonathan Horne, 2002 catalogue, p.23, fig.02/18. A pair in white saltglaze is in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection, illustrated by Edwards and Hampson, White Saltglazed Stoneware (2005), p.112, col. pl.83, shown alongside a related model in 'Snowman-type' white porcelain.

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