
Fergus Gambon
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These important models were first identified by Robert Charleston, shortly after his list of 'Girl-in-a-Swing' groups and figures was published by the ECC in 1962, thus they do not appear under 'Animals, Groups and Figures' and have remained in the same private ownership ever since. See Arthur Lane and R J Charleston, Girl in a Swing Porcelain and Chelsea, ECC Trans, Vol.5, Pt.3, p.111. The shaped hexagonal bases, slightly bulging eyes and nozzles supported by stalks applied to one side are all typical features of the factory. Two pairs of slightly larger coloured tapersticks are illustrated by Elizabeth Adams, Chelsea Porcelain (2001), p.50, figs.5.8 and 5.9, both with the same base and stalk supports. Despite their small size, the modelling is remarkably effective, the musculature of the animals well represented and the paws and tails especially detailed.