ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE HAND-PAINTED CERAMIC FIGURES, LOT OF TWO, each on molded ovoid base and decorated in the round, comprising a Babes in the Woods figural group depicting two sleeping children nestled in trees, and a Minerva example featuring a standing Roman goddess holding a shield with mask. Open-bottomed. Late 18th/early 19th century. 6" HOA.
Literature: Children parallel Halfpenny - English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840, p. 100, fig. bottom.
Provenance: From the Bill and Nancy Wick Collection, Port Royal, VA.
Minerva: Jeffrey S. Evans (T/A GVA), 6/5/1999, lot 48.
Ex-collection of Dolores G. Kritzer.

Undamaged, except children example having scattered losses to enamel decoration including trees and base.