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| The Hurdy Gurdy Player Derby Porcelain, 1785 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
The work of the Derby Porcelain Factory, circa 1785, this figure in soft-paste porcelain is painted with enamels and gilded . The figurine depicts a young musician, the standing figure of a girl, playing a hurdy-gurdy on a rococo scrolled base.
This is number ten of a set of ten which was designed to be displayed on the dining table during the dessert course.
1 comment:
A charming figure. Have just aquired an example c.1780, the base appears to have an incised 10, and some script initials but difficult to read.
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