Lot Essay
Cf. Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portarit Figures (1987), p. 34, pl. III for a similar model.
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CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND PRESSNUMMER 40.
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A Meissen group of two skaters
Circa 1750, blue crossed swords mark and Pressnummer 40.
Modelled by P. Reinicke as a gallant kneeling at his companion's feet and putting on her skates, both wearing fur-lined pink coats, he in a turquoise waistcoat and black breeches, she in a yellow-hemmed flowered dress, on an oval gilt scroll-moulded base (minute chip to his hat, hair ribbon, his left index finger and thumb, her skate, strap of skate lacking, slight flaking to black enamel)
5 in. (14.5 cm.) high
Circa 1750, blue crossed swords mark and Pressnummer 40.
Modelled by P. Reinicke as a gallant kneeling at his companion's feet and putting on her skates, both wearing fur-lined pink coats, he in a turquoise waistcoat and black breeches, she in a yellow-hemmed flowered dress, on an oval gilt scroll-moulded base (minute chip to his hat, hair ribbon, his left index finger and thumb, her skate, strap of skate lacking, slight flaking to black enamel)
5 in. (14.5 cm.) high