A Staffordshire Tithe Pig Group, c. 1820, attributed to the 'Patriotic Group' pot bank, three figures standing before leafy bocage, a farmer holding a piglet, his wife with her swaddled baby, and the vicar, a basket of eggs, some bundles of wheat and several more piglets by their feet beside sieved clay grass, the mound base with distinctive blue scrollwork, ht. 7 1/4 in. Footnotes: A similar group is illustrated by Myrna Schkolne, Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840, Volume 2, p. 246, fig. 108.4. An earlier version was produced in Derby porcelain, see the example from the Bradshaw Collection sold by Bonhams on 24 January 2007, lot 70. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing