THE FIGURES CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, THE FEMALE FIGURE INCISED T2

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED MEISSEN BRULE-PARFUMS
THE FIGURES CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, THE FEMALE FIGURE INCISED T2
Modelled by J.F. Eberlein as malabars, both seated cross-legged on cushions above shaped rectangular stepped bases with canted corners, the gentleman modelled feeding fruit to a tame monkey, the lady mirroring his pose feeding fruit to a parrot, both on footed rectangular ormolu bases cast with leaves, the feet with scrolling acanthus, each base mounted with tôlework twin branches, the sconces and drip-pans formed as leaves, the branches encrusted with leaves and applied with contemporary French soft-paste porcelain flowerheads (both bases with restored sections, female figure restored through neck, some areas of wear and scattered chipping, mounts with some minor losses to applied ornament and flaking to decoration)
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

In his work records Eberlein describes these models as: '4. Ein Pagoten-Weibel mit einem Papagei und Postament von Thon boss.' and '5. Ein Pagotte mit einem Affen von Thon bosziert.'

Examples of these popular models are in the Untermyer Collection, and are illustrated by Yvonne Hackenbroch, Meissen and other Continental Porcelain, Faience and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection (London, 1956), no. 25. Also see Peter Wilhelm Meister, Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Sammlung Pauls (Frankfurt, 1967), Vol. I, pp. 243-245 for similar un-mounted examples.

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