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Lot 274: A PAIR OF DERBY WHITE 'DRY EDGE' FIGURES OF PUTTI EMBLEMATIC OF SEASONS

Est: $5,000 USD - $7,000 USD
Christie'sNew York, NY, USNovember 21, 2008

Item Overview

Description

A PAIR OF DERBY WHITE 'DRY EDGE' FIGURES OF PUTTI EMBLEMATIC OF SEASONS
CIRCA 1750-1752
Each modeled as a female putto, Spring seated on a rock and holding a basket of flowers, Summer seated on a sheaf of wheat, on mound bases
4½ in. (11.3 cm.) high, Summer (2)

Artist or Maker

Provenance

With Ronald Windebank Antiques, Toronto, 7 October 1987.

Notes

Cf. Peter Bradshaw, 18th Century English Figures, Suffolk, 1981, pp. 186-187, pl. 95 (described as 'boys').

Auction Details

Important European Furniture, Ceramics, and Carpets

by
Christie's
November 21, 2008, 10:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US