Lot Essay
After the drawings by Christophe Huet. Another slightly smaller example was sold in these Rooms on 12th October 1995, lot 17.
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CIRCA 1756, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE
Details
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A BAKER FROM THE CRIS DE PARIS SERIES
CIRCA 1756, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE
Modelled by J.J. Kändler and P. Reinicke, in a lilac cap, pink-lined pale-yellow jacket, a tunic painted with indianische Blumen, a lilac sash and sea-green trousers, holding a paddle over one shoulder, standing before a tree-stump on a rocaille-moulded mound base enriched with gilding and applied with flowers and foliage (paddle with minor over-painting and handle a restored replacement, tassles to tip of sash and corner of jacket chipped with signs of old restoration)
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1756, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE
Modelled by J.J. Kändler and P. Reinicke, in a lilac cap, pink-lined pale-yellow jacket, a tunic painted with indianische Blumen, a lilac sash and sea-green trousers, holding a paddle over one shoulder, standing before a tree-stump on a rocaille-moulded mound base enriched with gilding and applied with flowers and foliage (paddle with minor over-painting and handle a restored replacement, tassles to tip of sash and corner of jacket chipped with signs of old restoration)
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high
Provenance
With Schmidt, from whom it was acquired in 1968.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.