A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF A FISHERMAN AND A FISHERGIRL after the models by P. Reinicke, he in a black hat, white shirt, and green breeches, standing, holding a fishing-net full of fish behind his back and a basket of fish suspended on straps at his waist, she in a turquoise hat, white blouse and striped and patterned skirt, holding a net of fish in her left hand and a fish in her right hand, a basket of fish at her feet, standing on gilt scroll-moulded mound bases before tree-stumps (small area of filling to her tree-stump and chip to hair bow), blue crossed swords marks, Pressnummern 1. and 3., circa 1755
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF A FISHERMAN AND A FISHERGIRL after the models by P. Reinicke, he in a black hat, white shirt, and green breeches, standing, holding a fishing-net full of fish behind his back and a basket of fish suspended on straps at his waist, she in a turquoise hat, white blouse and striped and patterned skirt, holding a net of fish in her left hand and a fish in her right hand, a basket of fish at her feet, standing on gilt scroll-moulded mound bases before tree-stumps (small area of filling to her tree-stump and chip to hair bow), blue crossed swords marks, Pressnummern 1. and 3., circa 1755
15.5cm. high (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. K. Butler, Meissner Porzellanplastik des 18 Jahrhunderts die Sammlung der Ermitage, no. 157