A GERMAN FIGURE OF A SPINNER

MEISSEN, CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, IMPRESSED 62, INCISED 2685. AND PAINTED NUMBER 11., AFTER MODEL BY J.J. KNDLER

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A GERMAN FIGURE OF A SPINNER
Meissen, circa 1880, blue crossed swords mark, impressed 62, incised 2685. and painted number 11., after model by J.J. Kndler
Modelled as a devoted woman wearing a ribbon-tied headscarf and lace trimmed 18th century dress, sitting in a rocaille-moulded chair holding a bible in her right hand, a spinning-wheel resting on marble-topped table to her right
6in. (16.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

This model was originally based on an engraving from Les amusements de la vie prive by L. Surugue. For further information see Rainer Rckert, Meissner Porzellan 1710-1810, Munich, 1966, p. 187, no. 1024, taf. 251.

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