Rare Derby ‘Pale Family’ figure of ‘Summer’, man with basket of grapes, 1756-9

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Rare Derby ‘Pale Family’ figure of a seated man with basket of grapes, known as the ‘Grape Pickers’, on low scroll base.
Unmarked,

1756-9

13.5cm high

Condition: damages & restoration, including head at neck, coat tail, hat brim; base is good, minor losses to flowers.

ref. Derby Porcelain. Barrett and Thorpe pages 11 and 18 plate 48.    

Also Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848. Bradshaw P .Page 72 plate 61 (D21) for a similar pair on pad bases.     

Also Derby Porcelain ‘The Golden Years 1750-1770 ‘ Rice D G. Page 131 plate 88 and 89 for the same variants dated to 1757-1758 and in Derby Museum Collection.     

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