A pair of Staffordshire equestrian groups of tiger hunters, mid 19th century, 26.5cm & 27cm high Cf. A.& N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875 (Book Two) [1998], p. 74, figures 1907/1908 where the author notes that these are extremely rare and perhaps only about three pairs exist. Provenance: Property of Hermione, the late Countess of Ranfurly (1913-2001) and thence by descent. The Countess of Ranfurly (1913-2001) came to public attention with the publication of the first volume of her diaries To War With Whitaker 1939-45 (Heinemann 1994) in which she details her trials and tribulations following her husband, a lieutenant in the yeomanry regiment, the Sherwood Rangers through the North African campaigns with his valet Whitaker. After the war and with a house to fill she assembled a notable collection of mid 19th century Staffordshire figures, many of which were photographed for Commander Gordon-Pugh's seminal work on the subject.
A pair of Staffordshire equestrian groups of tiger hunters, mid 19th century, 26.5cm & 27cm high Cf. A.& N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875 (Book Two) [1998], p. 74, figures 1907/1908 where the author notes that these are extremely rare and perhaps only about three pairs exist. Provenance: Property of Hermione, the late Countess of Ranfurly (1913-2001) and thence by descent. The Countess of Ranfurly (1913-2001) came to public attention with the publication of the first volume of her diaries To War With Whitaker 1939-45 (Heinemann 1994) in which she details her trials and tribulations following her husband, a lieutenant in the yeomanry regiment, the Sherwood Rangers through the North African campaigns with his valet Whitaker. After the war and with a house to fill she assembled a notable collection of mid 19th century Staffordshire figures, many of which were photographed for Commander Gordon-Pugh's seminal work on the subject.
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