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A MATCHED PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE (RALPH WOOD) CREAMWARE BOCAGE FIGURE GROUPS EMBLEMATIC OF LOVE
Lot 543 PROPERTY OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND

A MATCHED PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE (RALPH WOOD) CREAMWARE BOCAGE FIGURE GROUPS EMBLEMATIC OF LOVE

CIRCA 1790, IMPRESSED NOS. 88 AND 89

Fermé15 June 2016

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A MATCHED PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE (RALPH WOOD) CREAMWARE BOCAGE FIGURE GROUPS EMBLEMATIC OF LOVE
CIRCA 1790, IMPRESSED NOS. 88 AND 89
One inspired by ‘The Flute Lesson’ by François Boucher, the other known as ‘Shepherd and Shepherdess on Rock'
11.½ in (29.2 cm) high and 10 ½ in ( 26.7 cm.) high

From the Marion E. and Leonard A. Cohn Collection.
Bequest of Marion E. Cohn, 1966.

Note du spécialiste

An almost identical pair was in the collection of Mrs. Charles E. Dunlap, sold Sotheby's, New York, on December 3, 1975, lot 133. Another example, the bocage mounted as candlesticks, was in The Henry H. Weldon Collection [Leslie B. Grigsby, English Pottery – Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800, The Henry H. Weldon Collection, New York, 1990, cat. no. 275, pp. 438-439].