A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A LADY READING A LETTER after an original model by M. V. Acier and J. C. Schönheit, wearing a lace-trimmed bonnet, a fur-lined blue cape, a flowered pink overskirt and a striped underskirt, her left hand in a feather muff, on a grassy mound base moulded with white and gilt scrolls (minute chips to trimmings, minor wear to enamels at base), blue crossed swords mark, painted number 131, circa 1880
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A LADY READING A LETTER after an original model by M. V. Acier and J. C. Schönheit, wearing a lace-trimmed bonnet, a fur-lined blue cape, a flowered pink overskirt and a striped underskirt, her left hand in a feather muff, on a grassy mound base moulded with white and gilt scrolls (minute chips to trimmings, minor wear to enamels at base), blue crossed swords mark, painted number 131, circa 1880
8in. (20.3cm.) high
Lot Essay
Cf. T. H. Clarke, Marcolini Meissen Figures, Engraved by Friedrich Elsasser, 1785-1792, no. 13, for the original drawing of 1771