Lot 109
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF RED SQUIRRELS
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF RED SQUIRRELS

CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASES

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF RED SQUIRRELS
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASES
Probaby modelled by J.J. Kändler, seated on their haunches, one holding a nut in its forepaws, the other with a nut in its mouth, each wearing a black collar, the mound base applied with flowers and leaves, a black metal chain attaching the collar to the base
example with nut in its forepaws 7 ¾ in. (19.8 cm.) high
example with nut in its mouth 8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Both models are illustrated and discussed by Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Sammlung Ritter Kempski von Rakoszyn: Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, 2008, pp. 76-78, no. 50 (squirrel with nut in its forepaws) and no. 51 (squirrel with nut in its mouth), where the author mentions that based on the evidence of the factory mould numbers 1275 and 1276, these squirrels were probably modelled in about 1749. According to Kändler's Taxa, he first modeled a pair of squirrels in August 1732: 'Zwei Eichhörnigen' (two squirrels) and afterwards in September 1733, 'Ein kleines Eichhörngen' (a small squirrel). An example of each model was sold in the Collection of Sir Gawaine & Lady Baillie, Sotheby's London, 1 May 2013, lots 76 and 77.

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