A pair of Pearlware Furniture Rests or Window Stops, c. 1830

A pair of Pearlware Furniture Rests or Window Stops, c. 1830, probably Scottish, modeled as the head Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, with a green jacket collar, the reverse and sides brightly painted in puce basket-like pattern, ht. 3 1/2 in. Footnotes: A Staffordshire pair of Duke of Wellington furniture rests is illustrated by Myrna Schkolne, Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures, p.37. An interesting group of four furniture rests were sold by Bonhams London on 7 October 2025. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing