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Lot 166

A small and rare Longton Hall figure of a woman and child, circa 1755

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A small and rare Longton Hall figure of a woman and child, circa 1755

Possibly representing Ceres or Summer, left in the white and modelled standing on a square base delicately moulded with scrollwork, a scythe and a sheaf of corn in her right hand, her left hand holding the folds of her drapery, a naked child at her side, 11cm high (minor restoration)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Woollahra Trading Co Ltd 1996
Garrick Bond Collection

A similar but larger figure was produced in the 'Snowman' period, illustrated by Bernard Watney, Longton Hall Porcelain (1957), pl.4A, sold by Phillips, 1 November 2000. See also pl.18c for the same model adapted as a candlestick

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