Lot 111 , Two similar Derby groups of sheep in a flower arbor, c.1765, H. 15.5 and 16cm

Two similar Derby groups of sheep in a flower arbor, c.1765, scrollwork bases, one with patch marks, H. 15.5 and 16cm
Estimate £150-200

Provenance - The Dennis G. Rice collection of early Derby porcelain (1750-1770).

Both lacking candle nozzles with other losses to the bocage. The group with yellow flowers on the base has restoration to one sheeps leg and the other group has a firing crack to the base.


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Sold for £170