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Lot 342

A rare Derby biscuit figure of a Shepherdess, circa 1795

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare Derby biscuit figure of a Shepherdess, circa 1795

Modelled by Jean-Jacques Spengler as an elegantly dressed lady leaning forward to feed a sheep, her right hand resting on a rustic gate hinged to a tree stump with rope, a small spaniel sleeping beside her, the stump and oval base applied with flowers and leaves, 28.2cm high, incised crown, crossed batons, D mark and 'No 395' (some minor losses to applied detail)

Footnotes

The companion figure of a shepherd, model number 396, was sold by Bonhams, 5 December 2007, lot 282. Both figures are in the British Museum, illustrated by Franklin A Barrett and Arthur L Thorpe, Derby Porcelain (1971), fig.122. Another pair is in the Lady Lever Gallery, Port Sunlight. The source is an engraving by J Hogg after Francis Wheatley, published in July 1787. The model was the penultimate example of Spengler's work. See Timothy Clifford, J J Spangler, a Virtuoso Swiss Modeller at Derby, Connoisseur 198, 1978, no.196, pp.146-53

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