A pair of early Derby Patch Mark figures, the Ranelagh Dance...

Hammer

£160

A pair of early Derby Patch Mark figures, the Ranelagh Dancers, the gallant attired in a tricorn hat, doublet, hose and cloak, he holds a love letter while standing by a Rococo pedestal, his doublet painted in the style of the Cotton-stem Painter, his lady holding a nosegay wears a gown and cloak, with flowers and plumes in her hair, a ribbon-tied medallion suspended from her shoulder, each modelled with colourful bocage on a scrolling circular base and picked out in pastel tones of polychrome enamels throughout, 21.5cm high, c.1760

For a similar pair see: Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848, 1990, E17, p 97

Provenance: The G Cope Collection

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Restoration, her head has been off and glued, both hands restored, off at the base, good but obvious restoration; he with restoration to the hat, hand, nibbles to the bocage, etc.