475. A Pair of Staffordshire Literary Figures, England, 19th Century

Depicting Shakespeare garbed in a puce cloak, yellow shirt enameled with iron red, puce and blue flowers and turquoise breaches, posed leaning with his elbow on a stack of volumes piled on a column; together with Milton, modeled with flowing black hair, a brown shirt enameled with iron red stylized flowers, iron red breeches, draped with a turquoise and purple cloak, leaning on a column stacked with books, both figures raised on scroll bases, unmarked.
11-1/2" h.

1,000/2,000     SOLD: $690.00

Condition: Shakespeare with cloak regilt, crack to underside of base, crack to column; Milton is good; both figures with slightly rubbed gilding.