TWO MEISSEN MODELS OF NESTING BIRDS (VOGELNESTER)
CIRCA 1745, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS
Each naturalistically modelled with two adult birds, one nest with finches, the other with canaries feeding their chicks, the baskets with foliage and open eggs
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. Carl Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere, Berlin, 1935, Abb. 135.
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Property from the Estate of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard