Lot Essay
Cf. Carl Albiker, op. cit. (1959), no. 114. See also the examples sold by Christie's Geneva on 14 November 1988, lot 56 and in these Rooms on 7 October 1996, lot 467.
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CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND PAINTER'S M. IN SEPIA
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A Meissen group of billing doves
Circa 1745, blue crossed swords mark and painter's M. in sepia
Modelled by J.J. Kndler, with brown breasts, grey necks and backs, black and dark-brown heads and crests, their wings with bands of dark-brown, brown, black and blue, the tips of their tails in black with striped brown feet and black claws on an oval mound base splashed in green (one beak restored)
5 in. (13 cm.) wide
Circa 1745, blue crossed swords mark and painter's M. in sepia
Modelled by J.J. Kndler, with brown breasts, grey necks and backs, black and dark-brown heads and crests, their wings with bands of dark-brown, brown, black and blue, the tips of their tails in black with striped brown feet and black claws on an oval mound base splashed in green (one beak restored)
5 in. (13 cm.) wide