Description
This Staffordshire Pottery pearlware glazed figure depicts John Liston, a famous and popular comedian dressed as a Broom Girl. The base is titled BY A BROOM in impressed black capitals.
The figure is one of the best examples of its type with well-applied quality enamels.
Liston and Madam Vestris performed the song ” Buy a Broom” together at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket London, to great acclaim.
Similar figures are in the Victoria and Albert Museum London and the Potteries Museum Stoke upon Trent Museum.