Lot 31
TWO SCOTTISH EAST COAST POTTERY NEWHAVEN FISHWIFE FIGURES
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 15 August 2018 at 11:00 BST
£1,063
Description
probably Rathbone's Pottery, Portobello, each figure modelled carrying a basket of fish, 24 and 22.5cm high; and another SCOTTISH POTTERY FIGURE, of a Newhaven Fishwife, 19cm high (3)
Footnote
Note: Based in Portobello, the Rathbone pottery was known for producing fine painted and printed earthenware pieces. Decorated in an array of colours the firm produced a range of these charming figures, thought to be based on humorous observations of local characters.