Lot Essay
Kurt Röder, Das Höchster Porzellan (1925), pl. 47, no. 251
CIRCA 1775
Details
A Höchst group of a boy with pet animals
Circa 1775
Modelled by J.P. Melchior standing by his dog's kennel wearing contemporary dress of cap, jacket, waistcoat, breeches and hose, the dog and a cat fighting over food at his feet, on a rockwork base (restoration to kennel, right hand, dog's dish and cat's ears, cat's tail lacking, minor chips to base), incised wheel flanked by I and SP mark
6 7/8in. (17.5cm.) high
Circa 1775
Modelled by J.P. Melchior standing by his dog's kennel wearing contemporary dress of cap, jacket, waistcoat, breeches and hose, the dog and a cat fighting over food at his feet, on a rockwork base (restoration to kennel, right hand, dog's dish and cat's ears, cat's tail lacking, minor chips to base), incised wheel flanked by I and SP mark
6 7/8in. (17.5cm.) high
Exhibited
Kunsthaus, Zurich, 1955