Lot Essay
For the engraving by Friedrich Elsasser, see T.H. Clarke, Marcolini Meissen Figures, Engraved by Friedrich Elsasser 1785-1792 (London, 1988), p. 80, no. 78.
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CIRCA 1790-1800, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS, STAR AND LINE MARK
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A Meissen (Marcolini) figure of a shepherdess
Circa 1790-1800, blue crossed swords, star and line mark
In a grey hat and striped, patterned and coloured clothes, holding a bird-cage with a bird on her right shoulder, a letter in her left hand, standing before a recumbent sheep on a circular mound base applied with foliage and edged with moulded gilt key-pattern (left little finger lacking, minute chipping to extremities, slight flaking to gilding of base)
7 in. (8.3 cm.) high
Circa 1790-1800, blue crossed swords, star and line mark
In a grey hat and striped, patterned and coloured clothes, holding a bird-cage with a bird on her right shoulder, a letter in her left hand, standing before a recumbent sheep on a circular mound base applied with foliage and edged with moulded gilt key-pattern (left little finger lacking, minute chipping to extremities, slight flaking to gilding of base)
7 in. (8.3 cm.) high