Lot Essay
See Rainer Rckert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, no. 1109, plate 272 for the example in the Bayerisches National Museum, Munich.
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE UNDERSIDE, MODELLED BY J.J. KNDLER
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A MEISSEN MODEL OF A JAY WITH A SQUIRREL (EICHELHHER MIT EICHRNCHEN)
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark to the underside, modelled by J.J. Kndler
The bird perched atop a tall tree-stump nibbling at acorns, a squirrel running around its base, a beetle climbing up towards the animal, a smaller beetle on a protruding branch, a puce and green worm wiggling up behind the branch, mushrooms growing at the base of the tree-stump
21in. (53.3cm.) high
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark to the underside, modelled by J.J. Kndler
The bird perched atop a tall tree-stump nibbling at acorns, a squirrel running around its base, a beetle climbing up towards the animal, a smaller beetle on a protruding branch, a puce and green worm wiggling up behind the branch, mushrooms growing at the base of the tree-stump
21in. (53.3cm.) high