Lot Essay
Cf. Leo Balet, op.cit. (1911), p. 163, no. 271 for a similar example.
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CIRCA 1770, BLUE CROWNED INTERLACED C'S MARK
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A Ludwigsburg figure of a cook
Circa 1770, blue crowned interlaced C's mark
Modelled by Pierre François Lejeune in a puce-striped white cap, blue waistcoat over loose white shirt, white apron over iron-red breeches and yellow shoes, holding a hare in his left hand and an oval tray of vegetables with his right hand against his hip, standing before a column of rock on a shaped circular shallow flat grassy base edged with gilt scrolls (minute chip to tip of cap and to front edge of waistcoat, minute wear to gilding)
53/8 in. (13.6 cm.) high
Circa 1770, blue crowned interlaced C's mark
Modelled by Pierre François Lejeune in a puce-striped white cap, blue waistcoat over loose white shirt, white apron over iron-red breeches and yellow shoes, holding a hare in his left hand and an oval tray of vegetables with his right hand against his hip, standing before a column of rock on a shaped circular shallow flat grassy base edged with gilt scrolls (minute chip to tip of cap and to front edge of waistcoat, minute wear to gilding)
53/8 in. (13.6 cm.) high
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