An early Staffordshire earthenware figure of the Maddona & Child

Code: 10148

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An early Staffordshire earthenware figure of the Maddona and Child c.1800 by Enoch Wood or Wood & Caldwell. After an original terracotta figure by the baroque Flemish sculptor, Lucas Fayd'herbe that is currently in the British Museum. The Maddona in this example sits on a chair and is similar to one in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

Condition: Child's thumbs missing. Slight chips as pictured and some flaking to the enamel decoration