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Lot 95

A Chelsea figure of Summer, circa 1755

15 December 2020, 14:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,147.50 inc. premium

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A Chelsea figure of Summer, circa 1755

From a set of the Rustic Seasons, modelled as a woman holding a sheaf of corn applied with bright blue flowers, wearing a pale pink bodice, her linen cap, dress and apron left in the white, standing barefoot on a round base applied with more flowers and leaves, 13cm high, red anchor mark

Footnotes

A similar figure was sold by Bonhams on 14 November 2018, lot 354. A full set of the Rustic Seasons is illustrated by Peter Bradshaw, 18th Century English Porcelain Figures (1981), p.110, pl.38.

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