Lot Essay
Cf. Rainer Rückert, op. cit. (1966), pl. 274, nos. 1115 and 1116.
CIRCA 1745
Details
A Pair of Meissen models of Bullfinches
Circa 1745
Modelled by J.J. Kändler to left and right, with black beaks, heads, wings and tail feathers, grey backs and deep pink breasts perched astride high tree-stump bases applied with foliage (restoration to beaks, tails and two wings, restoration to one base, chips to leaves and slight chip to underside of one base)
6in. (15cm.) high (2)
Circa 1745
Modelled by J.J. Kändler to left and right, with black beaks, heads, wings and tail feathers, grey backs and deep pink breasts perched astride high tree-stump bases applied with foliage (restoration to beaks, tails and two wings, restoration to one base, chips to leaves and slight chip to underside of one base)
6in. (15cm.) high (2)