Lot Essay
Cf. Ingelore Menzhausen, Early Meissen Porcelain in Dresden (1990), pl.168 and dust jacket.
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Details
A Meissen (outside-decorated) group known as 'The Test of Love'
after a model by Michel Victor Acier and Johann Carl Schönheit, modelled as a gallant and companion, seated and standing before a plinth surmounted by an urn, on a rocky mound oval base, gadrooned to the lower section, blue crossed swords mark, incised E74 and 73, Pressnummer 70, circa 1870 (replacement cover, some minor chips and losses) -- 22.5cm. high overall
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after a model by Michel Victor Acier and Johann Carl Schönheit, modelled as a gallant and companion, seated and standing before a plinth surmounted by an urn, on a rocky mound oval base, gadrooned to the lower section, blue crossed swords mark, incised E74 and 73, Pressnummer 70, circa 1870 (replacement cover, some minor chips and losses) -- 22.5cm. high overall
See illustration
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Sale room notice
Please note that this lot is 22.5cm. high