Lot Essay
Cf. Leo Balet, op. cit. (1911), p. 158, no. 258.
CIRCA 1770, BLUE CROWNED INTERLACED C MARK, PUCE PAINTER'S MARK
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A Ludwigsburg figure of a fruit-picker
Circa 1770, blue crowned interlaced C mark, puce painter's mark
Modelled by P.F. Lejeune, in blue-lined brown waistcoat, white shirt and stockings, yellow trousers and black shoes, holding a sack of fruit over his right shoulder and his hat in his left hand, standing before a tree-stump on a mound base moulded with gilt scrolls (minor chipping to ribbons)
5 1/8in. (13cm.) high
Circa 1770, blue crowned interlaced C mark, puce painter's mark
Modelled by P.F. Lejeune, in blue-lined brown waistcoat, white shirt and stockings, yellow trousers and black shoes, holding a sack of fruit over his right shoulder and his hat in his left hand, standing before a tree-stump on a mound base moulded with gilt scrolls (minor chipping to ribbons)
5 1/8in. (13cm.) high