A rare Derby soft paste porcelain figure, of a shepherdess, with dismal hound' at her feet, her white apron raised containing flowers over a floral sprigged skirt, a posy in her outstretched arm, her jacket and skirt edged in gilt, mounded base with scroll work and tree stump to her left, patch marks to base, circa 1756-69. Height 24 cm. Provenance: The Robin Barkla collection