Lot Essay
Cf. Len and Yvonne Adams, op. cit. (1987), p. 102 for a similar model of a vegetable seller.
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CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS AT BACK OF BASE, SHE WITH PUCE 4, HE WITH BLACK 4
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A pair of Meissen figures of vegetable sellers
Circa 1745, blue crossed swords marks at back of base, she with puce 4, he with black 4
Modelled by J.F. Eberlein, she in a straw hat, yellow bodice and pale-brown skirt, holding vegetables in her white apron, he in a green hat, yellow waistcoat, loose white shirt and green breeches, holding a basket of vegetables supported on a tree-stump, both standing barefoot on shaped circular mound bases applied with flowers and foliage (restoration to her hat and upper-half of body, minute restoration to flowers and foliage, restoration to his hat, face, waistcoat, right hand and basket, minute restorations to foliage)
She 7 in. (17.6 cm.) and He 7.3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) high (2)
Circa 1745, blue crossed swords marks at back of base, she with puce 4, he with black 4
Modelled by J.F. Eberlein, she in a straw hat, yellow bodice and pale-brown skirt, holding vegetables in her white apron, he in a green hat, yellow waistcoat, loose white shirt and green breeches, holding a basket of vegetables supported on a tree-stump, both standing barefoot on shaped circular mound bases applied with flowers and foliage (restoration to her hat and upper-half of body, minute restoration to flowers and foliage, restoration to his hat, face, waistcoat, right hand and basket, minute restorations to foliage)
She 7 in. (17.6 cm.) and He 7.3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) high (2)