A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF A BOY AND GIRL PLAYING BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK, after models by M. V. Acier assisted by Schönheit, wearing plumed hats, spotted pale-blue clothes edged in lace, he with a short pink-lined claret cape and slashed sleeves, she with a pink apron, on circular bases moulded with gilt scrolls (rackets lacking, he with chip to base, she with restoration to one plume, minute chips to lace trim, tiny chip to her base), blue crossed swords marks, Pressnummern 127, incised F.31., painted number 51, circa 1880

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF A BOY AND GIRL PLAYING BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK, after models by M. V. Acier assisted by Schönheit, wearing plumed hats, spotted pale-blue clothes edged in lace, he with a short pink-lined claret cape and slashed sleeves, she with a pink apron, on circular bases moulded with gilt scrolls (rackets lacking, he with chip to base, she with restoration to one plume, minute chips to lace trim, tiny chip to her base), blue crossed swords marks, Pressnummern 127, incised F.31., painted number 51, circa 1880
6¼in. (16cm.) high (2)

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Cf. T. H. Clarke, op. cit., p. 73, nos. 52 and 53, for the original drawings of 1775

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