A MEISSEN GROUP OF SKATERS after the model by P. Reinicke, he in a black tricorn hat, purple fur-lined jacket, white waistcoat and black breeches, she in a puce fur-lined coat, green skirt and pink shoes, standing looking down at her companion and resting her arm on his shoulder while he kneels tying her skates, on a white mound base moulded with gilt scrolls (restoration to his nose, skates and hat, chips to corner of his jacket and waistcoat, slightly extended firing crack to back of base), blue crossed swords mark and Pressnummer 40, circa 1750

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A MEISSEN GROUP OF SKATERS after the model by P. Reinicke, he in a black tricorn hat, purple fur-lined jacket, white waistcoat and black breeches, she in a puce fur-lined coat, green skirt and pink shoes, standing looking down at her companion and resting her arm on his shoulder while he kneels tying her skates, on a white mound base moulded with gilt scrolls (restoration to his nose, skates and hat, chips to corner of his jacket and waistcoat, slightly extended firing crack to back of base), blue crossed swords mark and Pressnummer 40, circa 1750
13.5cm. high

Lot Essay

Cf. Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, pl. III; a similar example sold Phillips, 4 December 1991, lot 228; and a slightly later example illustrated K. Butler, Meissner Porzellanplastik des 18. Jahrhunderts Die Sammlung der Ermitage, no. 292

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