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A LARGE PAIR OF NODDING HEAD
FIGURES
LATE 18TH CENTURY

Modeled in unfred clay and plaster as
two elder monks leaning forward, their
robes painted in black, red and gilded with
butterfies, fowers and clouds, standing on
a square base, possibly previously holding a
candle stick

22Ω in (57.2 cm) high (2)

$15,000-25,000

242
CHINESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1820
A VIEW OF WHAMPOA
Oil on canvas

17Ω x 22Ω in. (43.2 x 55.9 cm.), excluding
the hardwood frame

$8,000-12,000

241 243

242 AN AMERICAN MARKET PART DINNER
SERVICE
124 CIRCA 1805

The ‘Stagg Service’, with gilt and sepia JS
monogram and country house vignette,
comprising:
A pair of well-and-tree platters, 17º (44
cm.) long
Four oval platters, the largest 14Ω in. (37
cm.) long
A pair of oval sauce tureens and covers, 8 in.
(20.5 cm.) long
A pair of vegetables tureens and covers, 11º
in. (28.5 cm.) long
Four gravy boats and stands, 7Ω in. (19 cm.)
long
Twenty-six dinner plates, 9æ (25 cm.)
diameter
Twenty soup plates, 9æ (25 cm.) diameter
Sixteen salad plates, 7Ω in. (19 cm.)
diameter
Six bread plates, 6¿ in. (15.5 cm) diamete(9r 0)

$15,000-25,000

From a service made for John Stagg of
Staten Island, a builder who, with his
brother Thomas, was involved in early New
York projects like Trinity Church a new
market and new powder houses.