AN ASSEMBLED SET OF FOUR PLYMOUTH PORCELAIN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE CONTINENTS

This set of four Plymouth figures representing the four continents belonged to Aunt Lucy. We remember them well in her home, for she not infrequently put them on the dining room table as decoration.
D.R.

The Plymouth factory was founded in 1768 by William Cookworthy (1705-80), an apothecary. It is surmised that these models, first known at Vauxhall, were brought to Plymouth by the former Vauxhall mold-maker Hammersley. Compare the four examples in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (museum nos. 414:684-1885, 414:685-1885, C.553-1920 and C.555-1920).