Lot 98: Sold for £90 hammer

Estimate £40-£60

A late 18th to early 19th Century Derby figure of a young boy leaning forward carrying a bale of grass on his back with a red berry bush to his side, scratched 4 to the base, height 15cm, restored, together with a late 19th Century figure of a boy dressed in a blue overcoat and crimson breaches holding his hands to his chest, unmarked, height 13.5cm, restored. (2)

Condition report
Derby - his left arm has been restored and there are nibble losses to the leaf petals. Several glaze flaws and firing imperfections, as a result of production. There is a patch of glaze mis-firing to the yellow of his trousers. Unmarked figure - both hands have been restored - one quite crudely. Both have rubbing to the decoration

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