British, late 19th/20th century comprising: Saint Peter and rooster, 10 x 5-1/2 x 4 in.; shepherd and lamb with two freestanding lambs, largest 7-1/2 x 4 x 3 in.; seven figures, largest 7-1/4 x 3 x 2-3/4 in.; two small figures, largest 3-1/2 x 1-1/4 x 1-1/4 in.; one box surmounted by two figures, 2-1/4 x 2-1/2 x 1-1/2 in.
Provenance: By Descent in the Fahnestock and Michalis Families, New York
Collected and enjoyed by three generations of a prominent New York family, the following art and objects were housed in the family residences in the Villard Houses on Madison Avenue, Fahnestock Park in the Hudson Valley, and their Summer house in Garrison, New York. The family enjoyed sailing and collected with that passion in mind, acquiring the Buttersworth paintings and other marine art largely in the 1960s and 1970s. Other fine art and objects from this storied family are also included in this auction.
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By Descent in the Fahnestock and Michalis Families, New York
Collected and enjoyed by three generations of a prominent New York family, the following art and objects were housed in the family residences in the Villard Houses on Madison Avenue, Fahnestock Park in the Hudson Valley, and their Summer house in Garrison, New York. The family enjoyed sailing and collected with that passion in mind, acquiring the Buttersworth paintings and other marine art largely in the 1960s and 1970s. Other fine art and objects from this storied family are also included in this auction.
firing flaws, pinholes, glaze voids, hairlines, occasional chips throughout, loss to painted decoration, crazing to some examples; retouch and repair to foliate background of Saint Peter; break and repair to shepherd's head at neck, recumbent lamb with loss to foliate background; examples wearing hats with breaks and repairs to hands and held objects, one lacking pieces of held object; kilt example with break and repair to head at neck, loss to feather; female figure example with repairs and retouches to foliate background, breaks to hands and held object, some pieces retained; small pink robed example with breaks and repairs to legs and base