THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1752-1755, THE MODEL PROBABLY BY ANDREW PLANCHE OR AGOSTINO CARLINI, THE DECORATION LIKELY LATER, THE LOUIS XV ORMOLU BASE WITH THE 'C' COURONNE POINCON, CIRCA 1745-1749

The 'C' Couronné Poinçon was a tax mark used on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.

For another example of this rare porcelain group, alternatively known as the 'The Chinese Quack Doctor and Assistant', in the Victoria and Albert Museum (museum no. C.103-1938), see P. Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, 1750-1848, London, 1990, col. pl. I. Also compare the example from the collection of Nelson A. Rockefeller, sold Sotheby's, New York, 11 April 1980, lot 44.