A Derby candlestick figure

A Derby 'Pale Famlly' candlestick, in the form of Harlequin disguised as an actor, standing, wearing a plumed hat, brightly patterned suit, and holding a mask, before a flower and leaf applied tree-stump, which supports a sconce with leaf moulded drip pan, the leaf and scroll moulded base picked out in puce and green, 10 3/4" high, circa 1756-58, no mark

Provenance; American Private Collection 
See Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, page 65, figure 48, for a related candlestick in the form of Mr Punch holding a lantern 

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