A rare pair of Derby figures

A rare pair of Derby figures of a Blackamoor and Companion, each standing, he wearing a turban, flower painted tunic and green cloak, and she wearing a headdress, flower patterned yellow skirt and green cloak, each with flowers in their right hand, the flower applied scroll moulded base picked out in gilt, 8 1/4" high, circa 1760, patch marks

Provenance; The Dowager Countess of Airlie

See Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, page 108, number E40, for details of these models, and John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain, figure 42, for a pair of Turks of the same models 

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