Derby Porcelain Factory (established Derby, 1756)
Figurine of Standing Boar, mid 18th century
Glazed hard-paste porcelain, 10.8 x 12.7 cm (4 1/4 x 5 in.)
Glazed porcelain figurine of a standing boar. All white with textured fur, the boar has its mouth partially open and appears to be in motion, with its front right leg stepping forward and front left leg lifting slightly off the ground. Its head is turned towards its left, our right, and it peers back behind itself. It has two upper and two lower tusks but only the upper right one is fully intact; the rest are chipped. Its tail has also broken off, leaving behind a large dark stump. It stands on a small mound the same length as its body, with one bunch of round fruit directly behind its frontmost leg and a second bunch at the center under its belly. There is significant damage to the lower portion, with visible brown cracks to the following areas: diagonally above the hoof of the front right leg, diagonally at the lower half of the front left leg, across the haunch of the back left leg, across the center of the back right leg, vertically at two points at the front of the mound, and across the center where the boar’s belly attaches to the mound.
Glazed hard-paste porcelain, 10.8 x 12.7 cm (4 1/4 x 5 in.)