Each figure represents a bearded dignitary wearing a flat Court hat and loose robes, his hands clasped together beneath his ample abdomen, whilst he sits in a low-backed chair.
The figures are cast in a two-part mould and covered in a creamy glaze.
The 1688 Burghley Inventory records amongst ‘China and other things over the Chimney in the Dineing Roome, ‘Two figures sitting in Chaires,’ 14.5cm.
