Pair of early 19th.century style porcelain figures of flowersellers, enamel painted costumes on circular bases with marbelled decoration, 19.8cm high, SOLD
The romance of street vendors' lives stretches across many areas of art, from: the original Meissen procelain figures to Orlando Gibbons' songs based on street cries:
listen to street cries in 17th.century London
A 19th.century blue and white octagonal dish, the blue ground with figures within a 'capriccio/fantasy' landscape, enclosed by floral border, c1840, 43.2cm wide, £240.