A MEISSEN GROUP OF THE WELSH TAILOR after the model by J. J. Kändler, the man brandishing a pair of scissors and wearing a lilac hat with a red plume and a flowered yellow coat with a ruler projecting from his pocket, the two young goats riding in a wooden bucket attached to his back by turquoise straps, the goat with an iron in its mouth attached to two ribbons forming the reins and with two baskets containing ribbon across its neck, on a grassy rectangular base (restoration to one strap, one rein lacking and the other restored, chips to ribbons, scissors and to base), blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 40, incised 141, circa 1890
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A MEISSEN GROUP OF THE WELSH TAILOR after the model by J. J. Kändler, the man brandishing a pair of scissors and wearing a lilac hat with a red plume and a flowered yellow coat with a ruler projecting from his pocket, the two young goats riding in a wooden bucket attached to his back by turquoise straps, the goat with an iron in its mouth attached to two ribbons forming the reins and with two baskets containing ribbon across its neck, on a grassy rectangular base (restoration to one strap, one rein lacking and the other restored, chips to ribbons, scissors and to base), blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 40, incised 141, circa 1890
8¾in. (22.2cm.) high
Lot Essay
Cf. R. Rückert, op. cit., p. 216, no. 885 for an example of circa 1740