Lot Essay
Cf. Peter Bradshaw, Derby Figures 1750-1848, London, 1990, fig. E13 for an example of the model know with and without bocage and paired with a lady playing a mandoline.
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CIRCA 1765, PATCH MARKS
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A DERBY FIGURE OF A BAGPIPER
Circa 1765, patch marks
Seated on a tree-stump, wearing pink coat, purple-lined iron-red jacket, and flowered breeches, a dog with iron-red markings at his side, a square mounting hole at the rear
8in. (21cm.) high
Circa 1765, patch marks
Seated on a tree-stump, wearing pink coat, purple-lined iron-red jacket, and flowered breeches, a dog with iron-red markings at his side, a square mounting hole at the rear
8in. (21cm.) high