Lot 168 , A matched pair of Rockingham porcelain figures of a Swiss boy and Swiss girl, c.1830, h. 21cm and 19.5cm, small losses

A matched pair of Rockingham porcelain figures of a Swiss boy and Swiss girl, c.1830, incised marks only 'No. 23' and 'No. 26', h. 21cm and 19.5cm, small losses
Estimate £300-500

*According to Angela & Alwyn Cox, Rockingham Porcelain, the Swiss girl is normally found with the same incised model 'No. 23' as the boy, not 'No.26'.

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.

The figure of Swiss Boy has firing cracks to each side of his hat, in three places to his back and to the tree stump. There are tiny glaze losses to the tips of his left fingers, a small loss to one leaf and matt areas to the gilding on the edge of the base. There are burnt patches to the biscuit base. There may be items missing from each hand.

Swiss Girl has chip losses to the front of her bonnet, the ribbons between her bonnet and shoulder, the ends of the bundle of sticks on both sides and to the flowers in the basket. There are firing cracks to her back, left arm, the staump beneath her skirt and to her left ankle. There are matt areas to the gilding on the edge of the baseand burnt patches to the biscuit base.



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Sold for £340