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CIRCA 1770
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TWO DERBY PORCELAIN FIGURES OF A SHEPHERD AND SHEPHERDESS
CIRCA 1770
One a gardener emblematic of Spring, standing beside a flowering bocage wearing brimmed hat, puce and turquoise vest, and iron-red brocade
breeches, the scroll-moulded mound base enriched in turquoise and gilt; the other emblematic of 'Matrimony', the shepherdess in plumed yellow cap, puce drapery, turquoise bodice, iron-red flowered apron and flowered skirt seated on a balustrade before a flowering tree, a candleholder to her right, a lamb at her feet, on a scroll-molded base enriched in gilt; together with a Samson Derby style figure of a hunter, spurious gold anchor mark at the back, the underside incised R and with interlaced S mark for Samson, modeled seated in 18th century dress on a flowering tree stump, the scroll-moulded base enriched in gilt
9½ in. (24.2 cm.), 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) and 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high respectively (3)
CIRCA 1770
One a gardener emblematic of Spring, standing beside a flowering bocage wearing brimmed hat, puce and turquoise vest, and iron-red brocade
breeches, the scroll-moulded mound base enriched in turquoise and gilt; the other emblematic of 'Matrimony', the shepherdess in plumed yellow cap, puce drapery, turquoise bodice, iron-red flowered apron and flowered skirt seated on a balustrade before a flowering tree, a candleholder to her right, a lamb at her feet, on a scroll-molded base enriched in gilt; together with a Samson Derby style figure of a hunter, spurious gold anchor mark at the back, the underside incised R and with interlaced S mark for Samson, modeled seated in 18th century dress on a flowering tree stump, the scroll-moulded base enriched in gilt
9½ in. (24.2 cm.), 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) and 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high respectively (3)
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