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A Porcelain Figure of a Grape Vendor, Circa 1755 The figure is modelled as a youth holding a bunch of grapes in one hand and a basket of fruit in the other. ;He is seated upon a scroll and ruffled base. Height: 5 3/8 inches Reference: Bradshaw, Peter. "18th Century English Porcelain Figures: 1745-1795". The Antique Collectors'' Club, England, UK. 1981. Colour Plate S illustrates a figure in similar position; Plate 140 shows a female fruit seller. Watney, Bernard. "Longton Hall Porcelain". Faber and Faber, 24 Russell Square, London, England, UK. 1942. Plate 37A illustrates a ''flower-seller'' in a similar positioning.
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