TWO LARGE MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF COCKERELS
TWO LARGE MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF COCKERELS

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORD MARKS, INCISED 1661, IMPRESSED 126 TO BOTH, 48 TO ONE AND 111 AND PAINTED 72. TO THE OTHER, AFTER A MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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TWO LARGE MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF COCKERELS
Late 19th century, blue crossed sword marks, incised 1661, impressed 126 to both, 48 to one and 111 and painted 72. to the other, after a model by J.J. Kändler
Each naturalistically modelled crowing, perched atop a pile of split logs
15¼in. (38.7cm.) high (2)

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See VEB STAATLICHE PORZELLAN . MANUFAKTUR MEISSEN, Bunte Vögel, Blatt 7, for an illustration and production record for the present example, originally modelled by Kändler in 1741.

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