TWO ENGLISH POTTERY MILKING GROUPS
Lot 618

TWO ENGLISH POTTERY MILKING GROUPS

CIRCA 1820, POSSIBLY YORKSHIRE

Closed20 October 2023

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USD 2,142

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TWO ENGLISH POTTERY MILKING GROUPS
CIRCA 1820, POSSIBLY YORKSHIRE
Each of drab-colored clay, modeled with a milkmaid standing to the side of the cow, holding a basket of flowers against her right hip, a calf recumbent at her feet, the base painted with black dappling, one milkmaid wearing a striped petticoat and yellow overskirt, her cow polka-dotted, the other milkmaid wearing a bonnet, checkered petticoat and ochre overskirt, her cow with variously-shaped spots
6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) long, the larger

The Estate of Mildred S. Hilson; Christie's, New York, 14 October 1995, lot 101, the black polka-dotted example.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.