A BLOOR DERBY BISCUIT FIGURE GROUP OF 'THE STOCKING MENDER' AND A PAIR OF ROCKINGHAM BISCUIT FIGURES OF THE 'SWISS BOY AND GIRL'

CIRCA 1820, INCISED NO 77 AND NO 23 RESPECTIVELY, THE GIRL ALSO WITH AN X

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A BLOOR DERBY BISCUIT FIGURE GROUP OF 'THE STOCKING MENDER' AND A PAIR OF ROCKINGHAM BISCUIT FIGURES OF THE 'SWISS BOY AND GIRL'
Circa 1820, incised No 77 and No 23 respectively, the girl also with an X
The group with the maiden seated mending the stocking of her suitor, on a pierced circular base; the boy and girl standing and wearing straw hats, she holding a basket and a bundle of faggots
6¾in. (17.1cm.) high and 8¼in. (20.9cm.) high, respectively (3)

Lot Essay

'The Stocking Mender' is based on a Sèvres model by Etienne-Maurice Falconet of circa 1765. The pair of 'Swiss Boy and Girl' have been wrongly attributed to Derby by Barrett and Thorpe. The models are unquestionably Rockingham and are known also in bone china, as noted by D.G. Rice, Ornamental Rockingham Porcelain, London, 1965, p. 140, pl. 102.

Cf. Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848, London, 1990, pp. 189-190, nos. 22, 23 and 24 and pp. 234-235, no. 77

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