CIRCA 1880, MARKED WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND PRESSNUMMERN D66 AND 121 AND PAINTER'S MARK 19

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a meissen figure of a lady reading a letter
Circa 1880, marked with underglaze blue crossed swords and Pressnummern D66 and 121 and painter's mark 19
After the original model by Acier and Schönheit, gilt and painted in colours, wearing a lace-trimmed bonnet, fur-lined pink cape and a dress trimmed with lace, her left hand in a feathery muff, a letter in her right hand, on a grassy rocaille base
20cm high

Special notice

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

Lot Essay

Cf. T.H. Clarke, Marcolini Meissen Figures, engraved by Friedrich Elsasser 1785-1792 (London 1988), p.60 no.13 for the original drawing of 1771.

See illustration p.47

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