ANTIQUE STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

ANTIQUE STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

 

Circa 1840

 

Height: 8½ inches / 21.6 cm
Stock number: AL0727/0123
Price: £175

 

A well coloured Staffordshire figure of William Shakespeare. Standing bare-headed, in a cloak, doublet, breeches and stockings. His left forearm rests on two books lying on a pedestal. There is a paper in his left hand and his right points to it, but does not touch it. His left leg is crossed over the right.
Pugh H24