A pair of Derby biscuit porcelain figures

A pair of Derby biscuit porcelain figures of Shepherd and Shepherdess Playing flute, probably modelled by Jean-Jacques Spengler, she with her left arm raised, and he resting one elbow on a tree-trunk, and playing a flute, a recumbent sheep at his feet, on flower and leaf applied drum shaped base, 10 3/4" high, circa 1790, incised crossed batons marks, model number 369 and repairer's marks

Provenance: The Hudson Collection

See Peter Bradshaw. Derby Porcelain Figures, pages 374-6, for details of these models. Another pair is in the British Museum 

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