Two Continental Porcelain Figures Playing Instruments

Hand-painted with gilt highlights, both bearing spurious early 19th century Derby puce marks to the underside, the woman with an additional large incised "R" mark, each standing on a scrolled Rococo base within a landscape with a tree stump, leaves, and flowers, to include a woman with a triangle (8 1/4 in.) and a piper with tambour (8 1/2 in.).

Private Collection Virginia

Scattered chips and small losses, heaviest at foliage; grime; male figure with loss to top of tambour mallet and likely repair to instrument; a few areas of rubbing, flaking, or marks to glaze.