Lot Essay
Cf. Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, op. cit. (1972), pp. 146/147 for the complete series.
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK
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A Meissen figure of Taste from the Senses
Circa 1750, blue crossed swords mark at back
Modelled by F.E. Meyer, the elegant nymph in a white dress and a cloak with indianische Blumen leaning against a tree-stump with a plate of fruit and tasting a bunch of grapes, a monkey eating an apple at her feet, on a gilt scroll-moulded mound base (some minute chipping to extremities)
5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
Circa 1750, blue crossed swords mark at back
Modelled by F.E. Meyer, the elegant nymph in a white dress and a cloak with indianische Blumen leaning against a tree-stump with a plate of fruit and tasting a bunch of grapes, a monkey eating an apple at her feet, on a gilt scroll-moulded mound base (some minute chipping to extremities)
5¾in. (14.5cm.) high