A fabulous and very rare equestrian figure depicting a Welsh hunter sitting on a horse.
The hunter wears a Welsh style top hat, a cobalt jacket, yellow patterned waistcoat, and orange neckerchief. He holds a rifle in his left hand and his horse’s reign in his right. Two dead rabbits are strapped to the horse’s back. The title - ‘WELCH HUNTERS’ (an archaic spelling of ‘Welsh’) - is written in raised gilt serif capitals on the base with downward curving gilt bands on either side.
This scarce figure may have a pair, but that is not at all clear. It exists as part of a small and highly desirable collection of figures depicting Welsh subjects.
The figure is in excellent condition with some professional repairs to nibbles around the brim of the hat, and a very small superficial chip in the left knee has been filled.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875: Book Three, p. 160, fig. a1955B
Height: 10.5”
Date: c. 1855
Provenance: The Alan D. Sturrock Collection
A fabulous and very rare equestrian figure depicting a Welsh hunter sitting on a horse.
The hunter wears a Welsh style top hat, a cobalt jacket, yellow patterned waistcoat, and orange neckerchief. He holds a rifle in his left hand and his horse’s reign in his right. Two dead rabbits are strapped to the horse’s back. The title - ‘WELCH HUNTERS’ (an archaic spelling of ‘Welsh’) - is written in raised gilt serif capitals on the base with downward curving gilt bands on either side.
This scarce figure may have a pair, but that is not at all clear. It exists as part of a small and highly desirable collection of figures depicting Welsh subjects.
The figure is in excellent condition with some professional repairs to nibbles around the brim of the hat, and a very small superficial chip in the left knee has been filled.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875: Book Three, p. 160, fig. a1955B
Height: 10.5”
Date: c. 1855
Provenance: The Alan D. Sturrock Collection
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