A rare Derby candlestick figure c.1755-58

A rare Derby candlestick figure c.1755-58, modelled as two Chinese boys playing on rococo scrollwork, wearing short trousers and loose-fitting jackets, the base painted with flowers, the scrolls highlighted in green and gilt, a restored break to the candlestick stem, 26cm.

Cf. Chelsea and Other English Porcelain: The Collection of Irwin Untermyer, pl.107 for a pair of figures formerly in the Hurlbutt Collection.