Lot Essay
Cf. the figure of a drummer from the Jörg Nelte Collection, sold in these Rooms on 12 October 1995, lot 16.
CIRCA 1755
Details
A Meissen figure of a fifer and drummer from the Cris de Paris series
Circa 1755
Modelled by P. Reinicke and J.J. Kändler after the original drawing by Christophe Huet, marching with a flute to his lips, a drum on a strap hanging at his side and a drum-stick in his right hand, wearing a flowered and beribboned frock-coat, pale-green breeches and yellow shoes with blue ribbons (chips to edge of drum, drum-stick broken and re-stuck, minute chips to edges of sleeves, chips to dress ribbons and slight chips to flowers and foliage), Pressnummer 2
5 3/8in. (13.7cm.) high
Circa 1755
Modelled by P. Reinicke and J.J. Kändler after the original drawing by Christophe Huet, marching with a flute to his lips, a drum on a strap hanging at his side and a drum-stick in his right hand, wearing a flowered and beribboned frock-coat, pale-green breeches and yellow shoes with blue ribbons (chips to edge of drum, drum-stick broken and re-stuck, minute chips to edges of sleeves, chips to dress ribbons and slight chips to flowers and foliage), Pressnummer 2
5 3/8in. (13.7cm.) high