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See Yvonne Adams, Meissen Figures 1730-1775 The Kaendler Years, Atglen, 2001, p. 158, no. 427 for a similar model.
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CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AT BACK, MODELLED BY JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A BAKER WITH BREAD PADDLE
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AT BACK, MODELLED BY JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER
Standing in contraposto wearing a turquoise jacket, flowered waistcoat and puce-striped trousers, a yellow-sash at his waist, his baking paddle held against his right shoulder, in his right hand, on a round base moulded with rocaille scrolls enriched in gilt and applied with flowerheads
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AT BACK, MODELLED BY JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER
Standing in contraposto wearing a turquoise jacket, flowered waistcoat and puce-striped trousers, a yellow-sash at his waist, his baking paddle held against his right shoulder, in his right hand, on a round base moulded with rocaille scrolls enriched in gilt and applied with flowerheads
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) high