Lot Essay
Cf. Peter Bradshaw, Derby Figures (1990), p. 321, pl. 266 for a similar figure of Charlotte Weeping for Werther.
Details
Two Derby figures
each modelled as a classical woman standing beside an urn on a pedestal, one emblematic of 'Plenty', the other 'Charlotte Weeping for Werther', on shaped rectangular bases, moulded with Key pattern, incised No 244 and 245, circa 1790 -- 23cm. high (2)
each modelled as a classical woman standing beside an urn on a pedestal, one emblematic of 'Plenty', the other 'Charlotte Weeping for Werther', on shaped rectangular bases, moulded with Key pattern, incised No 244 and 245, circa 1790 -- 23cm. high (2)
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