A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF COOKS modelled by J.J. Kändler and P. Reinicke, he in white jacket and apron, puce breeches and black shoes holding a ham and a skillet, seated on a brick wall, she in puce cap, yellow bodice, white blouse and apron, brown skirt and yellow shoes, holding a spiced rabbit with a chopping board on her knees, seated on a tree-stump, both on square tiled bases, restoration to his right hand, fingers of her left hand, right shoe and edge of her cap, chip to his left cuff), blue crossed swords mark at back, circa 1750

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF COOKS modelled by J.J. Kändler and P. Reinicke, he in white jacket and apron, puce breeches and black shoes holding a ham and a skillet, seated on a brick wall, she in puce cap, yellow bodice, white blouse and apron, brown skirt and yellow shoes, holding a spiced rabbit with a chopping board on her knees, seated on a tree-stump, both on square tiled bases, restoration to his right hand, fingers of her left hand, right shoe and edge of her cap, chip to his left cuff), blue crossed swords mark at back, circa 1750
18cm. and 16.5cm. high (2)

Provenance

Sir Bernard Eckstein, Bt., sale Sotheby's 10 May 1949, lot 182

Lot Essay

Cf. Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, op. cit., vol. I, pp. 92/93 for a pair sold by Christie's on 13 March 1967, lot 118; a white example of the woman illustrated by Rainer Rückert, op. cit., pl. 229, no. 945

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