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Stock #: 1012946 Size: 41.5cm high
Price: AU$ 780.00
US$ 803.40
€ 592.80
£ 499.20
Rare large scale Staffordshire figure of General De Wet, the Boer general, shown in military uniform and peaked hat before a cannon complete with a pile of cannon balls.
Circa 1900
References: Ref. Pugh p 369 for the figure: the mould is the same as an earlier figure of the Duke of Clarence, recycled & modified. It was used both for General Baden-Powell (founder of the Boy Scouts) and De Wet, the only difference being the inscription. Pugh stat
Condition: wear to inscription, minor staining
Antique Porcelain & Pottery
Antique Figurines & Statues
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