An excellent and comparatively rare figure depicting the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott standing with his favourite dog, Maida.
Scott wears a cobalt blue jacket, white dress shirt, black necktie and pink troos. A colourful tartan plaid is draped around him and he holds a book in his left hand. Maida sits obediently by his side in front of a brick-patterned wall.
This figure form is produced in three sizes - the largest and middle-size figure are usually titled and the middle-size pairs with a figure of Robert Burns (pairs have not been found for the other two sizes). This figure is the smallest of the three and is untitled.
It is offered in very good condition with no loss. The glaze on Scott’s left elbow has failed and crackled a little and his hair and shoes have been overpainted (unlikely to survive a vigorous wash). There is a small, shallow chip to the back of the figure just above the base. These observations notwithstanding, this is a lovely portrait figure of excellent quality.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875: Book One, p. 125, fig. 308 P
Height: 8.75”
Date: c. 1850
An excellent and comparatively rare figure depicting the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott standing with his favourite dog, Maida.
Scott wears a cobalt blue jacket, white dress shirt, black necktie and pink troos. A colourful tartan plaid is draped around him and he holds a book in his left hand. Maida sits obediently by his side in front of a brick-patterned wall.
This figure form is produced in three sizes - the largest and middle-size figure are usually titled and the middle-size pairs with a figure of Robert Burns (pairs have not been found for the other two sizes). This figure is the smallest of the three and is untitled.
It is offered in very good condition with no loss. The glaze on Scott’s left elbow has failed and crackled a little and his hair and shoes have been overpainted (unlikely to survive a vigorous wash). There is a small, shallow chip to the back of the figure just above the base. These observations notwithstanding, this is a lovely portrait figure of excellent quality.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875: Book One, p. 125, fig. 308 P
Height: 8.75”
Date: c. 1850
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