13th Jan, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST
A Pearlware Figure, circa 1820, modelled as Madame Vestris as the Broom Girl
15cm high
A Similar Group of the Dandys
17.5cm high
A Figure of a Huntsman and His Hound
18cm high (3)
Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £150
Madame Vestris, glaze pitted and crazed, general wear and scratches to the base. Broom handles in left with light cracks, right broom with glaze chips. No restoration.
Dandys, crazed, some repair to the ladies hat, numerous patches of enamel flaking with some historic over painting. Short hair crack to the base.
Huntsman, crazed and with a small repair to right hand.
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Auction: Country House, 13th Jan, 2023
The Country House Sales offer an appealing mix of traditional antiques and curiosities, good furnishing pieces and specialist collectors’ items. The sales incorporate the contents of important properties and private collections as well as individually consigned lots redolent of the English Country House.
Part I (Day One) (Lots 1- 440): Glass, Ceramics, Oriental and Works of Art
Part II (Day Two) (Lots 500-798): Carpets, Clocks and Furniture
Part III (Day Two) (Lots 1000-1185): Pictures and Garden Furniture and Statuary
Viewing
Tuesday 10th January - Thursday 12th January 10am-4pm, Friday 13th January 10am-4pm (for Day Two of the sale only), and the morning of the sale from 8am
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