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| Derby Porcelain Figure of Cupid William Duesbury & Co., 1780 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
This figure in soft-paste porcelain is painted with enamels and gilded. Depicting Cupid with a dog, the box shows the cherubic love monger with a gilt hunting horn slung over his right shoulder and a spotted scarf thrown about him. He reclines against a tree on a flower-covered mound, caressing the black and white terrier which is affectionately licking his chin.
The piece comes from the Derby, England porcelain concern of William Duesbury & Co. and dates to about 1780.
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