Lot Essay
A similar example was sold in these Rooms on 2nd November 1998, lot 331.
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19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK OF BASE
Details
A Meissen model of a turkey-cock
19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK OF BASE
With brown and black plumage and tail feathers, its upper beak with a pendulous red comb, perched on a circular base applied with flowers and foliage (restoration to comb, chipping to foliage, slight grinding to edge of base)
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high
19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK OF BASE
With brown and black plumage and tail feathers, its upper beak with a pendulous red comb, perched on a circular base applied with flowers and foliage (restoration to comb, chipping to foliage, slight grinding to edge of base)
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's, 7th October 1996, lot 440.
Literature
Guttmann Catalogue, no. 106, where it is dated 1745-50.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis