An interesting English porcelain figure of an actor, circa 1755-60Probably representing David Garrick, standing beside a shaped plinth applied with a classical theatrical mask pierced by a dagger, his right hand resting on an open book, his left hand at his chest securing his cloak, left in the white, 19cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceMavis Bimson CollectionThe attribution of this figure is not straight-forward. A polychrome version was sold by Bonhams on 2 May 2018, lot 296, as Vauxhall. Illustrated by Peter Bradshaw, 18th Century English Porcelain Figures (1981), p.236, pl.142, this group of figures had previously been described as Longton Hall or Chaffers. Another example of this figure left in the white in the Glaisher Collection was bought from Frank Stoner and is in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.3087-1928). More recently, Errol Manners has made a case for this class of steatitic figures belonging to the short-lived venture of John Bolton, in Kentish Town. See Errol Manners, A group of London Porcelains in search of a home: the case for Kentish Town, ECC Trans, Vol.29 (2018), 219-224.