A pair of Staffordshire pottery equestrian figures of Thomas Parr type of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, circa 1860, typically modelled facing left and right on titled bases, 24cm & 20cm high; and a later model of Sancho Panza of William Kent ltd. type Provenance: Property of Hermione, the late Countess of Ranfurly (1913-2001) and thence by descent.The Countess of Ranfurly (1913-2001) came to public attention with the publication of the first volume of her diaries To War With Whitaker 1939-45 (Heinemann 1994) in which she details her trials and tribulations following her husband, a lieutenant in the yeomanry regiment, the Sherwood Rangers through the North African campaigns with his valet Whitaker. After the war and with a house to fill she assembled a notable collection of mid 19th century Staffordshire figures, many of which were photographed for Commander Gordon-Pugh's seminal work on the subject.
A pair of Staffordshire pottery equestrian figures of Thomas Parr type of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, circa 1860, typically modelled facing left and right on titled bases, 24cm & 20cm high; and a later model of Sancho Panza of William Kent ltd. type Provenance: Property of Hermione, the late Countess of Ranfurly (1913-2001) and thence by descent.The Countess of Ranfurly (1913-2001) came to public attention with the publication of the first volume of her diaries To War With Whitaker 1939-45 (Heinemann 1994) in which she details her trials and tribulations following her husband, a lieutenant in the yeomanry regiment, the Sherwood Rangers through the North African campaigns with his valet Whitaker. After the war and with a house to fill she assembled a notable collection of mid 19th century Staffordshire figures, many of which were photographed for Commander Gordon-Pugh's seminal work on the subject.
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