Found on the web and described as English Pearlware Walton "Widow" figurine, 10 inches high, ca. 1830. Good condition. (Note: woman's thumb is missing.)
Nice to know the thumb is missing but I have to ask: WHERE IS THE BOCAGE?
And how about this one: Early Staffordshire figure of cupid selling sweets, after a Meissen original, showing a barefoot cupid with a basket of sweetmeats, a black hat to his head, on a grassy mound base. Circa 1800 Condition: very minor enamel loss.
I happen to have seen photographs of this figure from a US collector who bought it and returned it. Her concern--and mine: where is the bocage?? Surely "very minor enamel loss" does not include the loss of the whole bocage?
Another sighting is this pearlware hairdresser group, offered at $1900. Described as English Pearlware Figure Group, c. 1790-1810. Rare "Hair Dresser." Excellent condition. Minor restored chips.
Another sighting is this pearlware hairdresser group, offered at $1900. Described as English Pearlware Figure Group, c. 1790-1810. Rare "Hair Dresser." Excellent condition. Minor restored chips.
Again, I wonder what happened to the bocage. It is theoretically possible that a bocage could be lost in manufacture...but I have yet to see this.
Lest you think 'issues' are confined to bocages, coming up at auction at Chorley's UK on Jan 21 is this uncharming pair. Descrbed as A pair of Staffordshire Ralph Wood type figures, Elijah and the Widow, each seated by a flower encrusted tree, raised on marbled bases
Lest you think 'issues' are confined to bocages, coming up at auction at Chorley's UK on Jan 21 is this uncharming pair. Descrbed as A pair of Staffordshire Ralph Wood type figures, Elijah and the Widow, each seated by a flower encrusted tree, raised on marbled bases
An estimate of GBP150-180 goes along with the listing. There is no mention of age, but the figures are of recent manufacture, probably from somewhere in Asia. Staffordshire? Ralph Wood? Ouch!
