Pair of Chelsea style Figures of a Country Couple, probably Samson late C19th

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Pair of Chelsea style Figures of a Country Couple, probably Samson late C19th

This is an attractive pair of small porcelain figures depicting a Country Couple, both in bright day clothes, the young man with a dog and playing the flute and the young lady holding a goat. Each stand on oval bases, gilt rimmed and with a raised geometric pattern and each is marked with a gold anchor to the reverse. Students of ceramics will immediately recognise the Gold Anchor mark as that found on Chelsea porcelain made during the period 1756 to 1769 but these figures are a hundred years later or more and probably made by the well known ‘Samson’ factory of France (Samson, Edmé et Cie) which produced skilful reproductions and recreations of English, European and Oriental porcelains during the nineteenth century and beyond. Samson pieces tend to have a much harder paste than that of their originals, their glazes are more glossy and the colours often more vivid. All these characteristics can be seen here but there were other manufacturers in France making these derivative copies as well and in the absence of a Samson mark, which was not always applied to their work, certainty is impossible. But this should not detract from quality and charm of thi pair of figures which can appael to amateurs and professional collectors alike.
Size: Ht (max) 8cm (girl) 8.5cm (boy) Width (max) 6.5cm Depth (max) 3.5cm
Weight: 165gm (Pair)
Date: Late C19th
Condition: Good condition with no chips or damage to the extremities
Estimate: £40 – 60

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