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ANTIQUE #SA1176477

Rare Derby Porcelain Candlestick Figures “ranelagh Dancers” — Complete Georgian Pair With Sconces, C.1760

£2,500    $3,381    €2,883
A rare and elegant Derby pair identified as the Ranelagh Dancers (Bradshaw, E17, pp. 97–98, fig. 75). Produced circa 1759–69 in response to the celebrated masquerade at Ranelagh Gardens (24 May 1759). Derby appears to have made only this specific paired subject. Poised modelling, expressive heads, richly painted costumes and applied bocage typify Derby’s finest work of the 1760s. Intended as dessert-table ornaments signifying cultivated taste.
 
British Museum reference (female figure only):
 
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1926-1011-2-CR
 
That museum example lacks the upper flower sconce; the present pair retains both sconces, a survival rarely encountered.
 
Measurements
 
Male: H 27.2 cm · W 17 cm · D 12 cm · 1,439 g
 
Female: H 28.5 cm · W 18 cm · D 13 cm · 1,487 g
 
Condition
 
A handsome, coherent pair with excellent presence. Male: historic pin securing upper socket; small chip to hat feathers; minor fritting and tiny bocage losses; minute firing line...
Antique ID: SA1176477
Item: Rare Derby Porcelain Candlestick Figures “ranelagh Dancers” — Complete Georgian Pair With Sconces, C.1760 - (reference SA1176477)
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£2,500
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