Lot Essay
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19TH CENTURY, MARKED WITH LARGE UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS WITH DOTTED HILTS AND IN RED WITH 9.
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a meissen figural allegorical group of the vine-dressers
19th century, marked with large underglaze blue crossed swords with dotted hilts and in red with 9.
(Die Weintreter) gilt and painted in colours, after a model by Michel Victor Acier, inspired by a drawing by Schoenau, depicting seven youngsters around a large barrel, comprising: a girl eating grapes, a lady playing a hurdy-gurdy, a mandolin player, a boy sitting on a small barrel tasting wine, another on a ladder, the barrel surmounted with a cover; upholding a girl wearing a feathery hat and a boy holding up a wreath of leaves, on a rocky base, the border gilt with interlocking circles and paired acanthus leaves (restored)
31cm high
19th century, marked with large underglaze blue crossed swords with dotted hilts and in red with 9.
(Die Weintreter) gilt and painted in colours, after a model by Michel Victor Acier, inspired by a drawing by Schoenau, depicting seven youngsters around a large barrel, comprising: a girl eating grapes, a lady playing a hurdy-gurdy, a mandolin player, a boy sitting on a small barrel tasting wine, another on a ladder, the barrel surmounted with a cover; upholding a girl wearing a feathery hat and a boy holding up a wreath of leaves, on a rocky base, the border gilt with interlocking circles and paired acanthus leaves (restored)
31cm high
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.