A MEISSEN GROUP OF BILLING DOVES (SCHWALBEN SCHNÄBELND)
CIRCA 1740-50, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
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A MEISSEN GROUP OF BILLING DOVES (SCHWALBEN SCHNÄBELND)
CIRCA 1740-50, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, with crests to the top of their heads, incised plumage and grey feathers on a oval mound base applied with coloured flowers and leaves
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
Lot Essay
For other examples, see Carl Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere, Berlin, 1935, Abb. 114. and Christie's London, 7 October 1996, lot 467.
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Property from the Estate of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard