Beschreibung:

A DERBY (DUESBURY & KEAN) YELLOW-GROUND CABARET Circa 1800, blue crown, crossed batons and D marks, attributed to John Brewer Finely painted with alternate circular and oval panels of wild and domestic animals in landscapes and butterflies in flight reserved within chased gilt bands on the bright yellow ground, the rims gilt with trailing flowers, comprising: A quatrefoil two-handled tray, painted with a hound and a setter, sheep, a Red Admiral butterfly and other fanciful butterflies, 5in. (38.6cm.) long An oval tea-pot and cover, painted with three dogs playing, a stag, a Buck-Eye Moth, a Ranchman's Tiger Moth, and other fanciful moths, 3in. (8.3cm.) high A cream-jug, painted with a hound, sheep, ladybugs, and fanciful butterflies, 4in. (11.4cm.) high A sugar-bowl and cover, the cover painted with a goat, a stag, a housefly, and a beetle wasp, the bowl with setters and fanciful butterflies, 5in. (14cm.) high Two cups and saucers, all painted with fanciful moths, one cup painted with a mayfly, a mule, and a sheep, the other painted with a greyhound, and a mountain goat, one saucer painted with a Western-Tailed Blue moth, a bull, a donkey and a cat, the other with a Diana butterfly, a rabbit, mountain goat, and stag, 5in. (14cm.) diameter, the saucer (8)