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Stock #: 1013966 Size: 17cm
Price: AU$ 1,950.00
US$ 2,047.50
€ 1,540.50
£ 1,287.00
Derby figure group, The Shoe Black, modelled as a Macoroni gent resting a shoe on a stool, a maid kneeling at his feet with a box of shoe equipment buffing with a brush, set on an irregular plinth base with tree trunk to the rear, the whole painted in bright enamels with gilt details.
Marked to the base, No.81
Circa 1780
References: ref. Twitchett -Derby, an illustrated guide- p145 for another of the series, which is not marked, but appears to be a pair to figure No.83, for which marked examples exist. No. 79 can be found in the 2010 Moorabool Antiques catalogue, and all are almost d
Condition: loss to tip of tree trunk only
Antique Porcelain & Pottery
Antique Figurines & Statues
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