CIRCA 1751-53, BLUE IZ PAINTER'S MARK, IMPRESSED B AND 2 MARKS

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A HÖCHST PORCELAIN GROUP OF PEASANT LOVERS
CIRCA 1751-53, BLUE IZ PAINTER'S MARK, IMPRESSED B AND 2 MARKS
Modelled by S. Feilner and painted by J. Zeschinger with a peasant holding a walking-stick and his companion carrying a basket of fruit, standing before a tree, the base applied with flowers and foliage
9 1⁄8 in. (23.3 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This group was modelled by Simon Feilner who later moved to Frankenthal. For another example of this rare early group in Hamburg, see Johanna Lessmann, Porzellan, Glanzstücke der Sammlung des Museums für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Reinbek, 2006, p. 73; the same group is also illustrated by Kurt Röder and Michel Oppenheim, Das Höchster Porzellan, Mainz, 1925, pl. no. 32.

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