Lot 325 , Four Derby porcelain groups or figures, late 18th / early 19th century,

Four Derby porcelain groups or figures, late 18th / early 19th century, including the Tithe Pig group, incised model no.293 and repairer's? initials to base, 16cm, two groups of a boy holding a dove with a hound by his feet, on scrollwork bases, the smaller with indistinct Bloor period mark, 11 - 13cm, and a standing figure of a cherub
Estimate £150-250

Tithe pig group has typical minor losses to the bocage, short firing crack to the skirt of the central figure of the mother and child, occasional minor defects to the glaze and enamels, there is a crack to the base of the group which has been filled in manufacture, there are also some incised initials to the base of the group, maybe a repairer's mark?
Larger of two groups of boy and dog has restoration to left hand and loss to two fingers, some restoration to the leaves
Smaller group has numerous losses to the bocage and the tip of flintlock rifle and wear to gilding and the cherub figure has a broken and restuck head with splintering around the area.


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Sold for £130