
Fergus Gambon
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Sold for £5,000 inc. premium
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Provenance
From the Estate Sale of Eileen and George Soper, sold by Bonhams
Dennis Garrick Collection
This rare and evocative set is discussed by David, John and Henry Sandon, The Sandon Guide to Royal Worcester Figures (1987), p.128-129. The original drawings for the set are reproduced at colour plate 129, including 'Missing', an eighth group not put into production as it was thought to be too tragic. Although hugely appealing, these groups sold poorly at the time as the hardships they depicted were perhaps too close to reality.