Lot Essay
Cf. Kurt Rder, Das Hchster Porzellan, Mainz, 1930, Tafel 68, no. 363
CIRCA 1770, BLUE WHEEL MARK, MODELLED BY J.P. MELCHIOR
Details
A HCHST FIGURE GROUP OF 'THE DISTURBED SLUMBER'
Circa 1770, blue wheel mark, modelled by J.P. Melchior
Modelled as a boy tickling the nose of a sleeping girl while another boy leaning on a section of fence looks on, she has her toys in a basket at her side, the kneeling boy in a white cap and pink suit, the girl in a white dress painted with puce sprigs and a black apron, the by stander in a black tricorn hat, green coat and yellow breeches
7in. (19cm.) wide
Circa 1770, blue wheel mark, modelled by J.P. Melchior
Modelled as a boy tickling the nose of a sleeping girl while another boy leaning on a section of fence looks on, she has her toys in a basket at her side, the kneeling boy in a white cap and pink suit, the girl in a white dress painted with puce sprigs and a black apron, the by stander in a black tricorn hat, green coat and yellow breeches
7in. (19cm.) wide
Provenance
Clarence H. MacKay Collection