£950
A rare and early pair of Derby Patch Mark ornithological tureens and covers, as Capuchine pigeons, each modelled facing straight-on, their feathers painted in mottled tones of puce, brown and peach, perched on basket weave nests with coiled clay, feathers and leaves, 20cm wide, c.1760 For a similar pair see: Rice, Derby Porcelain: The Golden Years 1750-1770, 1983, page 152, fig. 123. Provenance: the Wilders Collection, labelled.
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