Live Auction 7817The Manolo March Collection From Son Galcerán, Mallorca
Christie’s roundel
Lot 339

A SCOTTISH NATURALISTICALLY-MODELLED GLAZED-TERRACOTTA GARDEN SEAT

BY HURLFORD FIRECLAY WORKS, AYRSHIRE, CIRCA 1880

Closed29 October 2009

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GBP 5,250

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A SCOTTISH NATURALISTICALLY-MODELLED GLAZED-TERRACOTTA GARDEN SEAT
BY HURLFORD FIRECLAY WORKS, AYRSHIRE, CIRCA 1880
Stamped 'HURLFORD'
34¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 25½ in. (65 cm.) wide; 23½ in. (60 cm.) deep

Acquired through Pierre Delbée by Don Bartolomé March Servera for Miguel Angel, Madrid, circa 1965.

Specialist note

The fashion for naturalistic seats such as these reached a peak in the 1870s, with production based predominantly in Scotland. Hurlford's principal competitors were Lindsay of Dunfermlin and Moss End.