A very large, rare, and well modelled titled figure depicting the poet Lord Byron.
Byron stands wearing Grecian dress on an ornate Neoclassical style plinth. He holds something in his left hand - possibly a bag of some kind. The title of the figure - ‘BYRON’ - is picked out very precisely in raised serif gilt capitals (although much of the gilt has faded).
The figure is simply decorated - largely in white with gilt highlights - but with excellent colour and depth to the face and hair, and overglaze black accentuating the bag and boots. The figure boasts a thick, syrupy, blue-tinged gilt which has pooled in the figure’s well moulded creases.
The figure is in very good condition with no damage or loss. The overglaze black of both boots and bag has been retouched, reasonably discreetly. There are some original firing flaws but none which detract from the figure’s appeal.
Reference: P. D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures, p. H576, pl. 7, fig. 19
Height: 16.5”
Date: c. 1860
A very large, rare, and well modelled titled figure depicting the poet Lord Byron.
Byron stands wearing Grecian dress on an ornate Neoclassical style plinth. He holds something in his left hand - possibly a bag of some kind. The title of the figure - ‘BYRON’ - is picked out very precisely in raised serif gilt capitals (although much of the gilt has faded).
The figure is simply decorated - largely in white with gilt highlights - but with excellent colour and depth to the face and hair, and overglaze black accentuating the bag and boots. The figure boasts a thick, syrupy, blue-tinged gilt which has pooled in the figure’s well moulded creases.
The figure is in very good condition with no damage or loss. The overglaze black of both boots and bag has been retouched, reasonably discreetly. There are some original firing flaws but none which detract from the figure’s appeal.
Reference: P. D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures, p. H576, pl. 7, fig. 19
Height: 16.5”
Date: c. 1860
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