Lot 182

A PAIR OF CHELSEA (GOLD ANCHOR) FIGURES OF A SHEPHERD AND SHEPHERDESS

CIRCA 1765, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS TO THE REVERSE OF THE TREE-STUMPS

Closed29 September 2009

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GBP 1,187

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A PAIR OF CHELSEA (GOLD ANCHOR) FIGURES OF A SHEPHERD AND SHEPHERDESS
CIRCA 1765, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS TO THE REVERSE OF THE TREE-STUMPS
The shepherd modelled standing wearing a pink tricorn hat moulded with gilt shells, a turquoise cape similarly moulded, a gilt waistcoat and pink breeches, a hound at his feet before pierced flower-encrusted tree-stump bases moulded with rococo scrolls, his companion similarly modelled, her clothes moulded with shells, on a rococo scroll base
He 10¼ in. (26 cm.) high (2)