A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN TABLE ORNAMENT formed as three figures of Mùuops, each seated scratching it's chin with it's near hind paw, naturally decorated in colours their collars in blue, puce and iron-red edged in gold and suspending padlocks, the iron-red collar with the date 1739 around a tole peinte tree with seven porcelain flowers in colours, the shaped triangle base vigously chased with rococo wave and C-scrolls (one fore-paw lacking), circa 1745

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN TABLE ORNAMENT formed as three figures of Mùuops, each seated scratching it's chin with it's near hind paw, naturally decorated in colours their collars in blue, puce and iron-red edged in gold and suspending padlocks, the iron-red collar with the date 1739 around a tole peinte tree with seven porcelain flowers in colours, the shaped triangle base vigously chased with rococo wave and C-scrolls (one fore-paw lacking), circa 1745
15.75cm. high overall

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For a pair of these pug-dogs see Rainer R/uuckert, Meissener Porzellan, M/uunich 1966, pl. 268, nos. 1089/90 where he states that K/uandler modelled in May 1740 a M/uops "wie einer lieget und sich mit d. linken hinteren Pfote die Fl/uohe abscharret", the date on the collar which is earlier than the model most probably refers to the zear of birth of a pug in the Royal kennels

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