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A SCOTTISH TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF BACCHUS
Lot 238

A SCOTTISH TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF BACCHUS

BY J.& M. CRAIG, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed26 February 2008

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GBP 2,500

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A SCOTTISH TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF BACCHUS
BY J.& M. CRAIG, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
On a waisted plinth, the figure with impressed stamp 'J.& M.CRAIG'
The figure -- 38½in. (97.8cm.) high; the pedestal -- 14½in. (36.8cm.) high; overall -- 53in. (134.6cm.)

Specialist note

J.& M. Craig bought the Dunfermline firm Lillie Hill Fireclay Works in 1896. They had previously won the silver medal for fireclay goods from the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland in 1869. The factory ceased production in 1914.