A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A PUTTO

CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT THE BACK AND INCISED 80. TO BASE

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A PUTTO
Circa 1755, blue crossed swords mark at the back and incised 80. to base
Modelled seated on a mound base, leaning against a cartouche-shaped shield painted with the Royal arms of Poland and Saxony, a garland of flowers extends from his right hand to his left
3 1/8in. (18cm.) high

拍品專文

Cf. R.J. Charleston, The James A. Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Meissen and other European Porcelain, London, 1971, fig. 39 for other examples of putti with shields and a note that 'Children, quite small, with little shields' are mentioned in the Preiss-Courante von Ordinairen Porcellainen records of 1765; see also, George Savage, 18th Century German Porcelain, London, 1958, pl. 61 for a Temple of Love, modelled by Kaendler in 1774 for Catherine the Great that has small putti holding shields at the bases of the columns, and p. 86 for mention of a Temple of Honour (Ehrenpforte) of 127 pieces for Augustus III and another of 264 pieces made for Count von Brühl.