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Lot 1458
Seven Early Staffordshire Pearlware & Pratt Ware, Classical Figures
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
1790-1820, square base forms, two (2) are Figures of Justice, each modeled holding a sword and a scale (8 in.) (scales lack the pans; left arms and swords have been replaced; fill to toes of one along with a base chip). Three are part of a set emblematic of The Four Season, in this case lacking Winter, decorated underglaze (losses to floral petals; Autumn lacks grapes in his right hand and mushroom in his left, also a leafy coronet (9 1/2 in.). A figure of Peace with symbols of war at her feet (restoration to knee, tip of ax, helmet, possibly shield, base chips). A figure holding a goblet, scattered restorations (lower half of the robe, arm with goblet, part of the ewer). None are signed.

From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

Examination with UV did not reveal many restorations therefore other small touch-ups or fill may exist.