Code: FA0944
Dimensions:
Very sweet pair of early 19th century Derby porcelain figures of recumbent doe and stag, c.1820. Set on shaped mounded bases with applied flowers and leaves and each with a bocage behind them. Sparsely decorated in gold with fancy collars, gilded hooves, facial detail and ears, tips of the antlers and some side markings to the stag. Incised number 3 to the base of each.
Provenance: Dennis G. Rice Collection, and illustrated in English Porcelain Animals Of The 19th Century, D. G. Rice, plate 127, page 156.
They measure 9cm (3 1/2") high and 5cm (2") deep. The stag is 8cm (3 1/8") wide and the doe 9cm (3 1/2").
Condition is very good overall: Small amounts of professional restoration to the antlers, the stag's left ear and the doe's right one and her back left foot, all done very well. A few very minor losses to the bocage of the stag. A slightly larger section missing from the doe above her head, some usual chips to the tips of the leaves on the other side and a couple of the leaves around the back are discoloured.
