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Lot 66

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY DERBY PORCELAIN FIGURE - ‘THE PALM READER’

modelled with two women and cupid, on scrolled base, 20cm high, incised number 113 to base

Provenance: The Estate of the late Sir George Dowty (1901-1975, inventor, engineer and businessman) and Lady Marguerite Dowty; thence by family descent.

Condition Report: click here
Estimate: £300 - £500
Hammer price: £300
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

There are a small number of chips and losses, notably that the fortune teller has a damaged and missing left thumb and that there are some small losses to the flowers in the basket. There is some paint chipping to the younger ladies bodice and the back of the fortune teller. Slight wear to the foot. 

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