Lot 63
Doulton Lambeth Stoneware Group of ‘Going to the Opera’, George Tinworth, c.1888
Lot 63 Details
Doulton Lambeth Stoneware Group of ‘Going to the Opera’, George Tinworth, c.1888
modelled and coloured as two frogs carrying a white mouse in a sedan chair, on an oval base inscribed ‘GOING TO THE OPERA’
minor chip
height 4.7" — 12 cm.
incised GT monogram, impressed and incised marks
Estimate $3,500-$5,000
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Literature:
Godden, Geoffrey A., A Tinworth Diary: Doulton's Ceramic Sculptor, The Connoisseur 169 (December-1968), pp. 232-4, extracts from Mrs. Tinworth’s Diary, Thursday, 5th July, 1888: “George is doing some humorous frogs, carry a Lady Mouse to the Opera in a Sedan Chair - two sets of them - one going, and a second one returning with the frogs drunk."