Details
Each naturalistically modeled seated on a tree-stump next to an upright branch applied with flowering vine
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Mrs. Harrison Williams; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 23 May 1952, lot 51.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Crawford, later Aitken (1900-1984) from the above.
Literature
English Ceramic Circle Exhibition Catalogue, 1948, nos. 527 and 528, pl. 117, loaned by Dr. F. Severne McKenna.
Exhibited
London, Art Treasures Exhibition, 1928, no. 283.
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, English Pottery and Porcelain, 5 May – 20 June 1948.
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A similar pair is the collection of Colonial Williamsburg, see object nos. 1955-234, 1-2.

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