It is from the John Parrot collection , he was a dealer and collector of early Staffordshire figures .
It portrays Madam Vestris playing the role of a Bavarian peasant woman , she was a British actress and opera singer .
It stands at 5 7/8" high and measures 1 5/8"x 2" in diameter on the base .
There is some good professional restoration to a break around her legs and bottom of the stump behind her and to the tops of the brushes in her raised hand .
There is a small chip on the end of the lower brush and some fine glaze crazing .
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