Of Astbury Whieldon type, modeled seated holding a shoe sole and a hammer
4⅞ in. (12.4 cm.) high

With Frank Partridge, London.
With Arthur S. Vernay, New York.
With James C. Brady, Far Hills, New Jersey.
With Antique Porcelain Company, New York.
A Collection Formed by Nelson A. Rockefeller and offered for the Benefit of his Estate; Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 11 April 1980, lot 78.

F. Partridge, Ralph Wood Pottery: Mr. Frank Partridge's Collection, London, 1923, p. 67, no. 19.
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, vol. IV, 1992, p. 95, no. 91.

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