Lot Essay
A pair of this subject were included in the Derby and Chelsea sale catalogue of 29 March 1773. Cf. John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain, London, 1980, fig. 115
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A PAIR OF DERBY FIGURES OF A BOY AND GIRL PLAYING WITH A MACARONY DOG AND CAT
Details
A PAIR OF DERBY FIGURES OF A BOY AND GIRL PLAYING WITH A MACARONY DOG AND CAT
CIRCA 1775
Both dressed in white with details picked out in pink, pale blue and gilt, he standing on rocks and holding a dog wearing a black tricorne hat, she standing with her right foot in the fork of a tree-stump and holding a cat wearing a mob cap, minor fire cracks and nicks
6¼in. (15.9cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1775
Both dressed in white with details picked out in pink, pale blue and gilt, he standing on rocks and holding a dog wearing a black tricorne hat, she standing with her right foot in the fork of a tree-stump and holding a cat wearing a mob cap, minor fire cracks and nicks
6¼in. (15.9cm.) high (2)