A MEISSEN FIGURE OF MEZZETIN from the Commedia dell'arte series of figures made for the Duke of Weissenfels, modelled by J.J. Kändler and P. Reinicke, in black snood, cape and breeches with red rosettes, white tunic with gilt buttons and frogging, standing gesticulating before a tree-stump on a mound base applied with flowers and foliage (restoration to nose and tip of his right thumb, two fingers and thumb on left hand lacking, slight chips to flowers, foliage, cuff and snood), circa 1745 13.5cm. high