A Meissen model of a dove

CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

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A Meissen model of a dove
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark
Modelled by J.J. Kändler to the right, its incised plumage enriched in grey, brown and black, its brown feet with black and grey feathers and perched astride conical rockwork (broken through tail and end of right wing and restored, restored chip to tip of left wing, restoration to beak and feathers of right foot and feather from left foot lacking, chips to base and cracks to rockwork)
9 1/8in. (23.5cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Carl Albiker, op. cit. (1959), no. 109 for an example in the Schwerin Landesmuseum and Rainer Rückert, op. cit. (1966), no. 1103.

See also the similar example sold in these Rooms on 17 October 1977, lot 196.

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