A PAIR OF CHELSEA (GOLD ANCHOR) FIGURES OF 'JOHN COAN, ENGLISH DWARF' AND 'DAVID GABARISCO, PRUSSIAN DWARF', CIRCA 1760, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS

A PAIR OF CHELSEA (GOLD ANCHOR) FIGURES OF 'JOHN COAN, ENGLISH DWARF' AND 'DAVID GABARISCO, PRUSSIAN DWARF'
CIRCA 1760, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS
Each modelled standing before bocage, Gabarisco in Prussian attire wearing a fur-lined coat and hat, astride a decapitated head, Coan standing beside a hound, wearing a Beefeater's attire, each titled in gilding, within a moulded cartouche to front of base, the latter with applied letter tablets 'C O A N'
David Gabarisco - 11 in. (28 cm.) high
John Coan - 12 ¾ in. (32.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Purchased by William James prior to 1912.