A Large Standing Figure of John Milton

 

Stock No: 001028

 

Height:  15 Inches / 38 cm

 

Reference: Myrna Schkolne Staffordshire Figures 1780 to 1840 Vol 2, Page 99, Fig 72.1

 

Price: £1495.00

 

A large imposing early nineteenth century earthenware  figure of John Milton c1820, standing on a rectangular marble effect base, decorated to front and both sides with sweeping brush strokes in yellow, red, and grey enamel colours. He stands bareheaded, his left arm resting on a raised pedestal with two books and a splendid scroll. The pedestal is decorated in relief with a scene from ‘Paradise Lost’. His cloak is draped around his left shoulder, waist and right leg. This remarkable figure stands 15 inches high and is known to pair with William Shakespeare. Restoration to pedestal and base chips and also his left hand.