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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 10697916, member: 50&quot;]The Fitzwilliam Museum has some information about the figures. The one they show is from the early 19th C. and does have the staff. There is also some info on possible earlier makers other than Derby. Samson is not mentioned and would be later than their version.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73489" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73489" rel="nofollow">https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73489</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The dwarves were derived from etchings by Jacques Callot in the series entitled &#039;Varie figure gobbi di Jacopo Callot&#039;, executed in Florence in 1616, and published in 1622. This model, was derived from L&#039;homme au ventre tombant, et a chapeau très élèvé, see See Lieure, 1927, An example is in the Fitzwilliam Museum Print Room (24.I.9.762). The model had been produced earlier at Meissen, Mennecy, and Chelsea. The prints do not feature the notices pinned to the dwarves&#039; hats, which appear on some of the later Derby models.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a late example of this model, indicated by the garish colouring</p><p><br /></p><p>This model and its companion were described as &#039;Pair of Grotesque Punches&#039; in Haslem&#039;s &#039;Price List of Groups and Single Figures&#039; made at Derby, see Documentation 1876.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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