Lot Essay
Cf. the example sold in these Rooms on 7 October 1985, lot 126.
CIRCA 1745
Details
A Meissen pastille-burner in the form of a house
Circa 1745
With a white chimney with an iron-red cowl, iron-red tiled roof and cream-coloured brickwork outlined in iron-red, the front with a brown door flanked by two windows and a window above with a lady peering out, a white rabbit beside one wall and a climbing shrub growing up another wall, on a moulded rockwork and foliage base applied with flowers and foliage, the underside partly cut out (repair to ledge above door, some chips to foliage)
5 3/8in. (13.5cm.) high
Circa 1745
With a white chimney with an iron-red cowl, iron-red tiled roof and cream-coloured brickwork outlined in iron-red, the front with a brown door flanked by two windows and a window above with a lady peering out, a white rabbit beside one wall and a climbing shrub growing up another wall, on a moulded rockwork and foliage base applied with flowers and foliage, the underside partly cut out (repair to ledge above door, some chips to foliage)
5 3/8in. (13.5cm.) high