A rare pair of English porcelain figures of a Jewish peddlar and his wife, Derby, circa 1765-69

richly attired, he with a basket of flasks, she with a box of trinkets, each on flower-strewn base, minor restorations

she with both hands and cover to trinket box restored, he with left hand restored, some minor chipping to bases; otherwise good
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These figures are derived from Meissen porcelain models by J. J. Kandler, probably by way of a red-anchor Chelsea figure of a Jewish peddlar (see Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848, pp. 88, 106-07; fig. 88 reproduces a pair in a private collection).  Additional pairs are in the Victoria & Albert Museum and in the Untermyer Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Hackenbroch fig. 276, pl. 98, and pp. 204-05).  Another similar example is in the Jewish Museum, London (catalogue no. 693A).