Live Auction 5314Christie's Interiors
A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN MODEL OF A JAY WITH A SQUIRREL
Lot 293

A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN MODEL OF A JAY WITH A SQUIRREL

LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SAMSON, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

Closed3 June 2014

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GBP 875

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A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN MODEL OF A JAY WITH A SQUIRREL
LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SAMSON, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
After the Meissen model by J.J. Kändler, the bird perched astride an oak tree-stump, with brown, black and blue plumage, a red squirrel to one side
15 ½ in. (39.4 cm.) high

Specialist note

An example of the Meissen model of which this is a copy is to be offered in the Centuries of Style sale at King Street, 3 June 2014, lot 25.