A Derby 'dry edge' figure, emblematic of Taste

A Derby 'dry edge' figure, emblematic of Taste, the young woman seated, wearing a mob cap, pink dress and flower painted underskirt, eating a fruit from her right hand, a basket of fruits on her lap, on mound base, 6" high, circa 1754-55, patch marks

Provenance; Geoff Wyatt Collection

See Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, figure 38, for a similar figure in the Victoria and Albert Museum 

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