Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 20th February 2018
Lot 274
A rare Derby biscuit porcelain figure of a female musician c.1780
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £500
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Description
A rare Derby biscuit porcelain figure of a female musician c.1780, wearing Classical dress and playing a tabor suspended from her left hand, standing before a short column on a circular base applied with flowers, incised crowned crossed batons mark and N392, some restoration and chipping to her fingers, 26cm.
Cf. Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, p.395 which lists no.392 as an unknown pair of large figures.