Lot Essay
Cf. the example sold in these Rooms on 1 March 1993, lot 223.
CIRCA 1760
Details
A Meissen figure of the Village Idiot
Circa 1760
In black hat, white shirt, pink waistcoat, striped turquoise and yellow breeches and black shoes, standing with his arms hanging at his sides before a tree-stump on a gilt scroll-moulded mound base (restoration to hat, arms and right hand, some chips to ribbons)
5 5/8in. (14.5cm.) high
Circa 1760
In black hat, white shirt, pink waistcoat, striped turquoise and yellow breeches and black shoes, standing with his arms hanging at his sides before a tree-stump on a gilt scroll-moulded mound base (restoration to hat, arms and right hand, some chips to ribbons)
5 5/8in. (14.5cm.) high