A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP OF MUSICIANS

CIRCA 1775, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK AND 3, IMPRESSED MODEL NO. B.60

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A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP OF MUSICIANS
Circa 1775, blue crossed swords and dot mark and 3, impressed model no. B.60
Modelled with a central boy standing atop a reticulated column fragment and encircled by another boy and two girls, each playing a different instrument and standing on their own base, on a circular plinth moulded with gilt-edged drapery swags, its base with a ribbon-tied wreath
10in. (27.3cm.)

Lot Essay

The present group and its pendant of children as gardeners was conceived by Peter Reinicke circa 1767, incorporating earlier models of children by J.J. Kndler. Cf. Dr. K. Berling, ed., Meissen China, An Illustrated History, New York, 1972, p. 66, fig. 151

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