Hard-paste�type soft porcelain with polychrome enamels and original gilding.A finely modelled pair of Derby musicians from the Patch Period, c.1765. The male figure plays the bagpipes beside a hound, while the female musician sits with a mandolin and a small lamb at her side. Their rich masquerade costumes are characteristic of the theatrical imagery noted by Bradshaw (�Derby Porcelain Figures 1750�1848�, p.85). These figures correspond to the E13 type described on pp.96�97, where the seated Mandoline and Bagpipe Players are listed among the principal Derby models of the 1760s. Such groups, executed with the heavier Derby bocage construction of the mid-1760s and built around a substantial solid tree mass, required a vent hole to relieve internal pressure and prevent the figure from exploding during firing. The design follows models created by the Saxonian artists Johann Joachim K�...