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Lot Essay
This figure is generally considered to be the companion of the preceding lot. Oddly, the pedestals of the figures frequently do not match in decoration, and this particular lot is rare for not having a pedestal at the freemason's side, but extraordinarily, a defecating pug-dog instead. It was first modelled in 1743, Kändler's taxa records: 1. Frey Maurer mit Schurzfell und anderer Zubehör auf einem postament wohl angekleidet stehend, in der einen Hand einem Grund Riss habend, neben welchen ein postament, darauff Winckel-Haacken, Transporteur Circul, Bley Waage und dergl. liegen. ...6 Thlr.-
Cf. Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century (1972), Vol. I, pp. 204-205 for a similar model of a freemason standing beside a pillar previously in the Emma Budge Collection and now in the Pauls-Eisenbeiss Collection, Basel. Also see the example sold in these Rooms on 2nd October 1979, lot 171; the example (with a pug-dog at his feet and a long-coat similar to the present lot) sold in these Rooms on 28th March 1977, lot 137; and another example with marbled panels and a pug-dog at his feet from the Collection of the late the Hon. Mrs. Nellie Donides on 7th July 1964, lot 124.
Cf. Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century (1972), Vol. I, pp. 204-205 for a similar model of a freemason standing beside a pillar previously in the Emma Budge Collection and now in the Pauls-Eisenbeiss Collection, Basel. Also see the example sold in these Rooms on 2nd October 1979, lot 171; the example (with a pug-dog at his feet and a long-coat similar to the present lot) sold in these Rooms on 28th March 1977, lot 137; and another example with marbled panels and a pug-dog at his feet from the Collection of the late the Hon. Mrs. Nellie Donides on 7th July 1964, lot 124.