Lot Essay
Cf. Krt Roder, Höchster Porzellan (1930), pl. 79, no. 456 for the boy.
CIRCA 1770, BLUE WHEEL MARKS
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A pair of Höchst figures of a youth and companion
Circa 1770, blue wheel marks
Modelled by J.P. Melchior, he wearing a white hat, pink coat and striped breeches, standing against a naturally coloured tree-stump feeding a squirrel, she wearing a white head-scarf, pink bodice, white apron and a pale-yellow skirt, standing before a rock, on rockwork mound bases (he with restoration, squirrel a restored replacement, she with very slight chipping to base)
6¼ in. (15.9 cm.) and 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high (2)
Circa 1770, blue wheel marks
Modelled by J.P. Melchior, he wearing a white hat, pink coat and striped breeches, standing against a naturally coloured tree-stump feeding a squirrel, she wearing a white head-scarf, pink bodice, white apron and a pale-yellow skirt, standing before a rock, on rockwork mound bases (he with restoration, squirrel a restored replacement, she with very slight chipping to base)
6¼ in. (15.9 cm.) and 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high (2)