Lot Essay
For a similar example sold in these rooms see John Twitchett, Derby Porcelian, 1980, p. 114, pl. 116.
CIRCA 1775, WILLIAM DUESBURY & CO., INCISED NO.12, PATCH MARKS
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A DERBY PASTORAL GROUP OF A SHEPHERD AND SHEPHERDESS
CIRCA 1775, WILLIAM DUESBURY & CO., INCISED NO.12, PATCH MARKS
Wearing predominantly puce and pale yellow and flowered clothes, he playing a cornet with his dog at his side, she swooning before a two-tiered shell and dolphin fountain, with a sheep and a hat of flowers at her side, before a classical urn and cover with laurel swags and masks and supported by a tree on a green rockwork base applied with flowers
13 in. (33 cm.) high
CIRCA 1775, WILLIAM DUESBURY & CO., INCISED NO.12, PATCH MARKS
Wearing predominantly puce and pale yellow and flowered clothes, he playing a cornet with his dog at his side, she swooning before a two-tiered shell and dolphin fountain, with a sheep and a hat of flowers at her side, before a classical urn and cover with laurel swags and masks and supported by a tree on a green rockwork base applied with flowers
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Thrift Cottage Antiques, Bury St. Edmunds.
Literature
R. Sharp, Ceramics: Ethics & Scandal, New York, 2002, p. 143.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
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