Lot Essay
Cf. M. Oppenheim, Johann Peter Melchior als Modellmeister in Höchst (Frankfurt am Main 1957), p.80 ill.60
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CIRCA 1770, MARKED WITH AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE SPOKED WHEEL RADMARKE, INCISED 36 AND MH
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A Höchst figure of a standing boy
Circa 1770, marked with an underglaze blue spoked wheel Radmarke, incised 36 and MH
painted in colours and modelled by Johann Peter Melchior as a standing boy wearing a pink outfit and a large black tricorn hat, holding up a stick in his right hand, on shaped grassy rockwork base
17cm. high
See illustration
Circa 1770, marked with an underglaze blue spoked wheel Radmarke, incised 36 and MH
painted in colours and modelled by Johann Peter Melchior as a standing boy wearing a pink outfit and a large black tricorn hat, holding up a stick in his right hand, on shaped grassy rockwork base
17cm. high
See illustration
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