Lot 209 , Five Samuel Alcock porcelain figures of sheep, c.1840-50, L. 7cm - 9cm

Five Samuel Alcock porcelain figures of sheep, c.1840-50, most with impressed numbers, L. 7cm - 9cm
Estimate £60-80

Provenance - Dennis G. Rice collection

cf. Dennis G. Rice, English Porcelain Animals of the 19th century, figure 111 and 112.

One of the larger sheep has an area of restoration to the base. One of the small sheep on the yellow base has a hairline crack to its face. All sheep have losses to shredded clay, wear to gilding, firing cracks, etc.


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Sold for £20