Sale 21BG01 | Lot 68

Longton Hall Porcelain Commedia dell'Arte Figure of a Harlequin

Catalogue: The Sarah Belk Gambrell Collection of European Porcelain
Longton Hall Porcelain Commedia dell'Arte Figure of a Harlequin

Lot Details

Lot 68
Longton Hall Porcelain Commedia dell'Arte Figure of a Harlequin
Circa 1753, unmarked
Modeled striding wearing a mask, his right hand raised to the brim of his hat, supported by a tree-stump applied with foliage, on a shaped mound base.
Height 4 7/8 inches.

For a strikingly similar example from the Gardiner Collection see the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, object no.: G83.1.896. Also see, Sotheby's, London 21 April 1980, lot 271. For a polychrome example from the Rous Lench Collection, see Christie's, London, 29 May 1990, lot 419. Also, reference, Bernard Watney, Longton Hall Porcelain, pl. 40B.


C Estate of Sarah Belk Gambrell

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for $2,520 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

Firing line to base, hat plume missing, chips to leaves.


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Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for $2,520 (includes buyer's premium)

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The Sarah Belk Gambrell Collection of European Porcelain

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