A documentary Derby 'dry edge' model of a long horned goat, circa 1752-55

naturalistically modelled left in the white upon a rockwork base, the base incised I.W.12345.

From the Collection of Lord Clark, OM;
Thence by descent

Tail is lacking. The tips of both horns have been restored and chipped. The left ear has been restored and chipped.
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The model is inspired by an earlier Meissen model by  J.J. Kändler. Kändler's Taxa or work records for September 1742 include: 1 Ziegen Bock, 6 Zoll hoch aufs Waaren Lager in Thon poußiret, und ist solcher sehr zottlicht mit großen Hörnern gehen vorgestellet, quoted by Rainer Rückert, 1966, no. 1168. An example along with its companion enamelled with flowers is in the Lady Charlotte Schreiber collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, museum no: 414:207-1885. A further pair in the white is in the N. C. Ashton collection, published by Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, 1990, p. 34, B6. A pair of models of wild Boars in the white is also marked in this manner with ‘IW’, Dennis G Rice, Derby Porcelain, The Golden years, 1983, p. 29. 

Kenneth Clark (1903-1983) was an aesthete with an acute intelligence and a wide range of artistic tastes, and the inherited wealth both to indulge his likes and to act as a patron to artists such as Moore, Sutherland and Pasmore. Though primarily known for his seminal television series Civilisation, Lord Clark held a variety of important and scholarly positions within the British art establishment including, at the age of 31, being Director of the National Gallery; he was also a prolific lecturer and author on the Arts - and he used and promoted the Arts when he worked for the Ministry of Information during the Second World War.

Over the period from November 2014 until February 2015 a number of select pieces will be offered by Sotheby's London from the Clark family collection: an initial from a medieval choir book (contact Mara.Hoffmann@sothebys.com); a Robert Adam book on Diocletian's palace from the Kimbolton Castle Library (Roger.Griffiths@sothebys.com); Victorian pictures by Huskisson, Alma-Tadema, Nicol and Richmond (Simon.Toll@sothebys.com); a Meissen model of the Gellert Monument and a documentary Derby goat by Willems (Richard.Hird@sothebys.com); a 15th Century mother-of-pearl roundel (Erik.Bijzet@sothebys.com); a brass ring by Alexander Calder being offered by our New York Contemporary Department (Katherine.Trezza@sothebys.com); a Moore, Piper and Nolan within the Modern British auction (Simon.Hucker@sothebys.com); and a Cezanne, Bonnard and Miro within the February 2015 Impressionist auctions (Eva.Donnerhack@sothebys.com). There is also a silver marriage schauguldiner coin being offered by Sotheby's associates Morton & Eden (james@mortonandeden.com).