Lot 506
SCOTTISH FIRECLAY FIGURE OF FIDELITY, GRANGEMOUTH COAL CO.
MID 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 4 July 2018 at 11:00 BST
£3,875
Description
the standing draped figure with a dog at her feet, the circular base stamped GRANGEMOUTH COAL Co; on a separate glazed pottery pedestal in the form of a fluted column base
Dimensions
Figure 125cm high; stand 74cm high
Footnote
Note: The Grangemouth Coal Company was established in 1839 and by the mid-century they were operating the Grangemouth Brickworks manufacturing fireclay bricks and ornamental pottery. They displayed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and it is believed this model of 'Fidelity' was shown there. The company ceased trading in 1912.