Lot Essay
See Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840, 1991, p. 84, top left, for an earlier version of this popular humorous group.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NEIL AND SHARON PHILLIPS
(LOTS 20-50)
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE GROUP OF 'THE VICAR AND MOSES'
CIRCA 1780
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A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE GROUP OF 'THE VICAR AND MOSES'
CIRCA 1780
Of Ralph Wood type, the vicar asleep in the rostrom, his beadle Moses preaching from the pulpit below, the front of it decorated with a winged angel head
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 1780
Of Ralph Wood type, the vicar asleep in the rostrom, his beadle Moses preaching from the pulpit below, the front of it decorated with a winged angel head
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high