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A MEISSEN MODEL OF A PARTRIDGE
Lot 35PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RITTER KEMPSKI VON RAKOSZYN (LOTS 26 - 38)

A MEISSEN MODEL OF A PARTRIDGE

CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 53

Closed14 March 2018

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GBP 4,000

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A MEISSEN MODEL OF A PARTRIDGE
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 53
Naturalistically modelled by J.J. Kändler, its plumage enriched in shades of brown, dark red and grey, on a mound base applied with wheat sheaves
5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high

Private collection, Washington D.C.

Specialist note

Kändler's work records of February 1741 record: Ein Rebhuhn in Natürlicher größe aus Thon poußiret. Welches zum Waaren Lager kommen soll and Kändler's Taxa of 1741-1748 records: 1 Rephuhn in Lebens größe, als ein Gegner gegen ein schon gefertigtes Rephuhn.