A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP 'RING AROUND THE ROSIE'
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MARY HUDSON
A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP 'RING AROUND THE ROSIE'

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED 2728, IMPRESSED 143 AND PAINTED 42.

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A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP 'RING AROUND THE ROSIE'
Late 19th century, blue crossed swords mark, incised 2728, impressed 143 and painted 42.
Modelled in the round as four children playing around an oak tree, on a green and brown grassy mound and rocaille-scroll moulded base
12½in. (31.6cm.) high

Lot Essay

See T.H. Clarke, Marcolini Meissen Figures Engraved by Friedrich Elsasser 1785-1792, London, 1988, p. 26, fig. 146 for a discussion on this model and an engraving by Elsasser. This unusually large group was based on the celebrated Herculaneum fresco uncovered near Pompeii that consumed the attention of Jüchtzer for six months.

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