two-large-staffordshire-boy-figurals
Lot 640
Two Large Staffordshire Boy Figurals
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, the first is a news boy with embossed "6 P.M." on the front of the base; the second is a shoe shine boy with embossed "6 A.M." on the front of the base, both with molded backs. The news boy figure has a bottom embossed "Sampson Smith 1851".

13 in.; 12.5 in.

Property of a Charleston, South Carolina Collection

Both figures with crazing and some paint loss; tight hairline to the bottom of the news boy.

$400 - 600