Lot Essay
See Kändler's Taxa for October 1739-January 1740 where this model is recorded, '1 Eichel Gabicht in Lebengrösse auf einem Stock sitzend, natürlich vorgestellet, neben dem ist ein Eichhorn in Lebengrösse auf 1 Ast sitzend in Thon poussiert, nebst anderen daran befindlichen Zierrathen.'
Cf. Carl Albiker, op. cit. (1959), no. 88 for the example in the Bayerische Nationalmuseum, Munich and for the example in the Wrightsman Collection, see Carl Christian Dauterman, op. cit. (1970), vol. IV, no. 10B. Another example was sold in these Rooms on 7 October 1996, lot 472.
Cf. Carl Albiker, op. cit. (1959), no. 88 for the example in the Bayerische Nationalmuseum, Munich and for the example in the Wrightsman Collection, see Carl Christian Dauterman, op. cit. (1970), vol. IV, no. 10B. Another example was sold in these Rooms on 7 October 1996, lot 472.