A pair of Staffordshire pearlware figures of musicians, one depicting a man playing the hurdy-gur

A pair of Staffordshire pearlware figures of musicians, one depicting a man playing the hurdy-gurdy, the other a woman playing a lute or similar stringed instrument, each standing on a mound on brown-lined square bases, 23cm high, unmarked, circa 1790-1800 (filled chip to lady's hat); also a Thomas Parr type figure of a boy with a bird's nest, on a simple mound base, 14.5cm high, unmarked, circa 1850-70. See Pat Halfpenny, 'English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840', page 171, for a similar pair of musician figures with impressed Wedgwood marks