A very rare early Bow model of a fox, circa 1750


Left in the white and standing on a rectangular base, its raised front left paw resting upon a woody stump, its hind quarters set low as it turns its head towards the viewer, mouth open and teeth visible, 12.6cm high
|ProvenanceDudley Delevingne CollectionIllustrated in 'Some Rare White English Porcelain in the Dudley Delevingne Collection', no.3, Connoisseur 1970, Vol.175 and ECC Trans. Vol.7, Pt.1, 1968, pl.1(b). A related example was sold by Sotheby's in June 1966. The same modeller may have been responsible for the pair of heron models and a model of a retriever illustrated by Peter Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures (1992), p.85 and 86. See also Frank Hurlbutt, Bow Porcelain (1926), pl.21