Lot Essay
For a similar example without the pannier see Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London, 1987, pl. XIX, p. 40.
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CIRCA 1740
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A VINTNER TAKING SNUFF
CIRCA 1740
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, stepping forward before a tree-stump and taking snuff in his left hand, wearing a black hat, white shirt, yellow waistcoat, red breeches and black shoes, holding a gilt snuff-box in his right hand, a wicker pannier on his back filled with grapes (right arm a restored replacement, restoration to pannier, grapes and straps at back, hat and right shoe)
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1740
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, stepping forward before a tree-stump and taking snuff in his left hand, wearing a black hat, white shirt, yellow waistcoat, red breeches and black shoes, holding a gilt snuff-box in his right hand, a wicker pannier on his back filled with grapes (right arm a restored replacement, restoration to pannier, grapes and straps at back, hat and right shoe)
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high
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