Precious Porcelain
Derby Porcelain "Peepshow" Group, circa 1800
Regular price
£545.00
Derby Porcelain "Peepshow" Group, circa 1800
Modelled as three children with a peepshow, a boy standing to one side operating the machine, a girl kneeling down to look through the viewing hole, and a younger child standing beside her, their costumes richly patterned and gilded, the irregular green base applied with flowers, 15cm high, patch marks, incised 'No 94'
This model echoes a Sèvres group by Falconet. See Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures (1990), p.248. Another example was sold by Bonhams on 20 November 2019, lot 287.
Size: 29.3cm high
Condition: Restored