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Two Staffordshire Pearlware Figural Bocage Groups of the 'Jolly Traveller,' Circa 1820. Each man leading a mule laden with two baskets filled with produce, accompanied by his dog behind him, raised on a stepped grassy mound base applied with flowers and "moss," each applied on the front with a yellow plaque incised "JOLLY TRAVELLER." H: 7.125 in., W: 7.125 in., D: 4.25 in. Literature: A short history of peddlers in England and a figure similar to the two in the offered lot are discussed and illustrated in Myrna Schkolne, "People, Passions, Pastime and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures 1810-1835," pp. 304-305.