Derby Soft Paste Porcelain Gallant Dancer Figure

A Derby Soft paste porcelain 'Ranalagh dancer', circa 1760. -70,…
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A Derby soft paste porcelain 'Ranalagh dancer', circa 1760. -70, a gallant in a tricorn hat, patterned orange and gold hose and a striped doublet, a floral gilt enriched jacket and a loosely draped green and pink cape, with bocage and a moulded rococo styled base, illustrated in Bradshaw's 'Derby porcelain figures 1750-1848 (1990) plates75 and IX; Goolwa Havelock house Antiques label underside. Height 32 cm

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  • Bocage - The name given to floral and leaf decoration usually surrounding the main subject in ceramic figures and groups, commonly on 18th century porcelain from the Derby, Bow and Minton works.
  • Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
  • Soft Paste Porcelain - Porcelain is an ancient ceramic material, first made in China, hence the common name "china", and the process was unknown in the West.

    European potters attempted to replicate Chinese porcelain, without knowing the ingredients in its composition, and the earliest wares were produced with mixtures of clay and ground-up glass (frit), the idea being that the glass would give the porcelain translucency.

    It was given the name "soft" because it did not remain rigid, but "slumped" when fired in the kiln at high temperatures.

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