Lot Essay
Cf. Len and Yvonne Adams, op. cit. (1987), pl. IXL.
CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK, INCISED 1
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A Meissen figure of a pastry-seller from the 'Cris de Paris' series
Circa 1755, blue crossed swords mark at back, incised 1
Modelled by P. Reinicke, in white scarf and blouse, yellow bodice, indianische Blumen apron and pink skirt with a puce-patterned hem, carrying a basket of pastries over her left arm and standing before a tree-stump on a scroll-moulded mound base enriched in gilding and applied with flowers and foliage (restoration to right index finger, handle and part of basket and some pastries, chip to edge of one pastry, part of another pastry lacking, slight chips to flowers and foliage)
7 1/8in. (18cm.) high
Circa 1755, blue crossed swords mark at back, incised 1
Modelled by P. Reinicke, in white scarf and blouse, yellow bodice, indianische Blumen apron and pink skirt with a puce-patterned hem, carrying a basket of pastries over her left arm and standing before a tree-stump on a scroll-moulded mound base enriched in gilding and applied with flowers and foliage (restoration to right index finger, handle and part of basket and some pastries, chip to edge of one pastry, part of another pastry lacking, slight chips to flowers and foliage)
7 1/8in. (18cm.) high