An early Rockingham porcelain figure of a drunkard, 'Stea-dy-La-ds', c.1826, rare iron red printed griffin statant mark, incised mark 'No.1', H.14cm Estimate £200-300 cf. Dennis G. Rice, The Illustrated Guide to Rockingham Pottery and Porcelain, plate 166 for this figure. Provenance: The Dennis G. Rice collection of fine Rockingham porcelain As well as being an avid collector of Rockingham ornamental porcelain and animal figures, Dr. Dennis G. Rice was an academic and wrote two key reference works on the subject – Rockingham Ornamental Porcelain (1965) and the Illustrated Guide to Rockingham Pottery & Porcelain (1971). A number of the pieces illustrated in the books are offered below. The Rockingham animals figures in the collection are also published in Dennis G. Rice's companion books Dogs & Cats in English Porcelain and English Porcelain Animals of the 19th Century.
An early Rockingham porcelain figure of a drunkard, 'Stea-dy-La-ds', c.1826, rare iron red printed griffin statant mark, incised mark 'No.1', H.14cm Estimate £200-300 cf. Dennis G. Rice, The Illustrated Guide to Rockingham Pottery and Porcelain, plate 166 for this figure. Provenance: The Dennis G. Rice collection of fine Rockingham porcelain As well as being an avid collector of Rockingham ornamental porcelain and animal figures, Dr. Dennis G. Rice was an academic and wrote two key reference works on the subject – Rockingham Ornamental Porcelain (1965) and the Illustrated Guide to Rockingham Pottery & Porcelain (1971). A number of the pieces illustrated in the books are offered below. The Rockingham animals figures in the collection are also published in Dennis G. Rice's companion books Dogs & Cats in English Porcelain and English Porcelain Animals of the 19th Century.
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