Lot Essay
Cf. Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures (London, 1990), p. 427, pl. G 39
CIRCA 1820-30, PRINTED BLOOR MARKS AND PUCE CROWNED D MARKS
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Two Derby figures of Topers
CIRCA 1820-30, PRINTED BLOOR MARKS AND PUCE CROWNED D MARKS
The first typically modelled standing with his hands on his stomach, wearing a light-brown wig, dark-blue jacket, gilt and iron-red waistcoat and yellow breeches, on a circular green base within concentric gilt-lines; the second, larger example, similarly modelled wearing a dark-brown wig, a purple jacket, floral yellow waistcoat and striped pink and purple breeches, on a circular mottled-green base above a gilt-line
The first 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high, the second 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1820-30, PRINTED BLOOR MARKS AND PUCE CROWNED D MARKS
The first typically modelled standing with his hands on his stomach, wearing a light-brown wig, dark-blue jacket, gilt and iron-red waistcoat and yellow breeches, on a circular green base within concentric gilt-lines; the second, larger example, similarly modelled wearing a dark-brown wig, a purple jacket, floral yellow waistcoat and striped pink and purple breeches, on a circular mottled-green base above a gilt-line
The first 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high, the second 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high (2)
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