Lot Essay
See Hofmann, op. cit (Munich, 1911), Vol. I, pl. 20, fig. 81 for a similar example.
.jpg?w=1)
CIRCA 1755, BLUE LION RAMPANT MARK
Details
A FRANKENTHAL (PAUL HANNONG) FIGURE OF A GARDENER
CIRCA 1755, BLUE LION RAMPANT MARK
Modelled by J.W. Lanz with her hair drawn up and tied in a bun, wearing a gilt-edged white bodice over a white blouse, a red-striped white overskirt, her white skirt with clusters of puce dot ornament and a gilt hem, holding a silvered urn-shaped watering-can and standing by a small tree-stump on a mound base edged with puce and gilt C-scrolls (minute chip to edge of base, left small finger partially lacking, ewer probably with restoration)
5¾ in. (14.2 cm.) high
CIRCA 1755, BLUE LION RAMPANT MARK
Modelled by J.W. Lanz with her hair drawn up and tied in a bun, wearing a gilt-edged white bodice over a white blouse, a red-striped white overskirt, her white skirt with clusters of puce dot ornament and a gilt hem, holding a silvered urn-shaped watering-can and standing by a small tree-stump on a mound base edged with puce and gilt C-scrolls (minute chip to edge of base, left small finger partially lacking, ewer probably with restoration)
5¾ in. (14.2 cm.) high
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.