Pair of Derby figures of a bagpipe player and a lady with lute

A pair of Derby figures of a bagpipe player and a lady with a mandolin, late 18th/early 19th century, modelled seated with a dog and a lamb, unmarked, 15cm high
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Condition Report

Gentleman - feather to cap restored. One half of a flower on the bocage is missing, other smaller chips to petals elsewhere. Half of one leaf to the rear of the bocage is missing.
Female figure - Half of one feather to the cap missing. The tip of the mandolin is broken. A rogue baby's head (probably from a Welch Tailor's wife figure) has been superglued onto the bocage. Breakage to main stem of left-hand side bocage.

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