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CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE
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A Meissen figure of a man playing the bagpipes
Circa 1745, blue crossed swords mark to back of base
Modelled by J.J. Kndler, wearing a puce feathered hat, flowered gilt-edged waistcoat over a white shirt with a ruff, puce breeches and pale-yellow shoes, playing the bagpipes and seated on rocks, on a grassy shaped circular rockwork mound base applied with a flower and foliage (restoration to hat and pipe of bagpipes, minute chipping to rosettes and foliage)
5.3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) high
Circa 1745, blue crossed swords mark to back of base
Modelled by J.J. Kndler, wearing a puce feathered hat, flowered gilt-edged waistcoat over a white shirt with a ruff, puce breeches and pale-yellow shoes, playing the bagpipes and seated on rocks, on a grassy shaped circular rockwork mound base applied with a flower and foliage (restoration to hat and pipe of bagpipes, minute chipping to rosettes and foliage)
5.3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) high