A rare pair of Derby ‘dry edge’ models of Florentine wild boars

A rare pair of Derby 'dry edge' models of Florentine wild boars, in the white, one seated and one running, on mound base, 6 1/4" wide, circa 1752, no marks

Provenance; English Private Collection

These models are taken from an antique marble statue known as 'The Florentine Boar', now in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

See Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, page 33, figure 10, for another pair. A further pair is in the Victoria and Albert Museum 

 

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