Lot 17

A pair of 18th century Derby figures of Shakespeare and Milton

Auction: 8 December 2006 at 11:00 GMT
£359
Description
dressed in white coat and breeches, highlighted in gilt, with a pink cape, next to a circular column, decorated in relief with Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden, on which a pile of books sit, holding a scroll, on a rectangular plinth with canted angles; William Shakespeare, similarly dressed, stands beside a triangular column decorated in relief with busts, leaning on a pile of books and pointing to a scroll (2)
Dimensions
28cm high
Footnote
See: Peter Bradshaw 'Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848', Faber and Faber, 1990, pp345-6, plate 288.
