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with a natural and honest patina and deep colour which could be further brought out with some coloured wax
Depth: 19” (all at extremities)
resting on square geometric feet
Martin would have preferred to escape predators by swimming into a crevice
The wheel is stamped Wilson Birmingham verso
A Late 18thC Terracotta of a Captured Barbary Pirate after Pietro Tacca (1577-1640) sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage with a natural and honestOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Late 18thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1780Width: 7Height: 17. 75Depth: 8Exquisitely proportioned and detailed, and in unrestored condition, the terracotta, after the bronze chained captives by Pietro Tacca (c. 1620 24), representing Barbary pirates chained and enslaved after naval victories over the Ottoman Turks, the study showing the captive bound and crafted as a grand tour memento and surviving from late eighteenth century