Lot 202 , A Rockingham porcelain model of a slipper, c.1830-42, L. 10cm

A Rockingham porcelain model of a slipper, c.1830-42, painted with flower sprays, the interior of the slipper with puce griffin mark and iron red mark 'CL2', L. 10cm
Estimate £100-150

Cf. D G Rice, Rockingham Ornamental Porcelain, plate 91b.

Provenance:
The Dennis G. Rice collection of fine Rockingham porcelain

As well as being an avid collector of Rockingham ornamental porcelain and animal figures, Dr. Dennis G. Rice was an academic and wrote two key reference works on the subject – Rockingham Ornamental Porcelain (1965) and the Illustrated Guide to Rockingham Pottery & Porcelain (1971).
A number of the pieces illustrated in the books are offered below. The Rockingham animals figures in the collection are also published in Dennis G. Rice's companion books Dogs & Cats in English Porcelain and English Porcelain Animals of the 19th Century.

There is some light brown speckling to the glaze all over, some occasional wear to the gilding and discoloured unglazed accretion to the inside of the slipper. Wear to the glaze on the edges of the base, no restoration detected.


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Sold for £320