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Lot 220

An important Caughley figure of a girl wearing Turkish costume, circa 1790

13 April 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £562.50 inc. premium

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An important Caughley figure of a girl wearing Turkish costume, circa 1790

Left in the white and standing on a low scrolled base applied with flowers including 'hot-cross-bun buds', her left hand holding the hem of her coat, her right arm raised, 10.7cm high (damaged)

Footnotes

This is only the second example of this figure to have been recorded. The first, picked out in blue, was sold by Bonhams, 1 December 2010, lot 169. The only other recorded Caughley figure model is that of a lamb, identified from unglazed wasters found on the factory site and shown in the Caughley Bicentenary Exhibition. The appearance of the body and glaze of all three examples corresponds with Caughley tableware from the period around 1790. Further evidence of Caughley as the maker is found in the archives at Worcester where various 'Turks white' are referred to as having been received from Thomas Turner. The figure appears to have been copied from a well-known Derby original of a Levantine lady, see Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures (1990), p 223, fig. 178. The use of a form of 'hot-cross-bun bud' on the base suggests a link with Bow, Bristol, Worcester and Chamberlain figures and the work of John Toulouse.

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