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Lot 144

A pair of early Derby sweetmeat figures
Circa 1757-58.

8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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A pair of early Derby sweetmeat figures

Circa 1757-58.
Modelled as a lady and gentleman seated on rocky mounds both holding upturned shells in their hands, the interiors with flower sprays, she wearing a turquoise jacket trimmed in pink, her skirts painted with pink and yellow roses and the hem in bight yellow and green, he with a green jacket edged in pink and waistcoat and breeches painted with delicate flower sprays, upon mound bases applied with flowers and leaves, 17cm high (she with tiny chips to one finger and thumb) (2)

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For the models see Dennis G.Rice, Derby Porcelain (1983), p 101, fig 47

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