A Derby soft paste shepherdess from 'The Dresden' Shepherds', circa 1770, model 55, after the Meissen model by J Kandler of about 1745, the finely modelled shepherdess in a pink frock coat and floral skirt, holding a bunch of grapes, her apron spilling an abundance of flowers, with bocage, a sheep at her feet and raised on a flower encrusted domed and pierced rococo base; see P. Bradshaw, 'Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848', plate 165, height 23 cm