A pair of Derby 'Dry Edge' models of pugs, circa 1752-55Reclining on rectangular cushions incised with horizontal lines, each looking towards the viewer, their front paws outstretched and their collars applied with single florets at the back of their heads, 5.7cm long (2)FootnotesProvenance Watney Collection, Bonhams, 10 May 2000, lot 747 Illustrated by Bernard Watney, A Dated Derby Pug, ECC Trans, Vol.15, Pt.1 (1993), p.110, an example in the Rous Lench Collection being dated '1750'. All seem to have been designed to have a tassel applied to each corner but these have been omitted, perhaps to prevent damage during firing.
A pair of Derby 'Dry Edge' models of pugs, circa 1752-55Reclining on rectangular cushions incised with horizontal lines, each looking towards the viewer, their front paws outstretched and their collars applied with single florets at the back of their heads, 5.7cm long (2)FootnotesProvenance Watney Collection, Bonhams, 10 May 2000, lot 747 Illustrated by Bernard Watney, A Dated Derby Pug, ECC Trans, Vol.15, Pt.1 (1993), p.110, an example in the Rous Lench Collection being dated '1750'. All seem to have been designed to have a tassel applied to each corner but these have been omitted, perhaps to prevent damage during firing.
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