Turner Stoneware Parson and Clerk Group

Description:

Turner Stoneware Parson and Clerk Group, England, early 19th century, probably modeled by William Massey, as two drunken figures, one holding a pitcher and cup, the other a lantern, impressed mark, ht. 8 1/4 in.

Literature: Illustrated in Master Potters of the Industrial Revolution - The Turners of Lane End, by B. Hillier, plate 19b.

Provenance: The Victor & Muriel Polikoff Collection.
Estimate $500-700

Hand holding cup and hand holding lantern restored; slight edge chip to tricorner hat.


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