An unusual Derby figure of Autumn

An unusual Derby figure of a young girl, from The Rustic Seasons Series, standing, with grapes in her left hand, and a basket of grapes on her right arm, and decorated in coloured enamels, on mound base, 5 3/4" high, circa 1780, incised N 35

Provenance; English Private Collection

See Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, page 192, for details of this series, where Autumn is normally a young man with grapes and fruit 

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