A PAIR OF MEISSEN BLACKAMOOR SWEETMEAT-FIGURES modelled by J.F. Eberlein, he with brightly coloured headdress and skirt, she with a striped red and white headband and puce skirt with purple foliage standing beside tree-stumps before ozier moulded baskets and covers reserved with quatrefoil gilt and black line panels painted with figures in landscapes and with pierced ormolu mounts, the covers with branch finials, resting on rockwork applied with flowers and leaves (he with restoration to right thumb and right little finger lacking, she with restoration to right hand, left arm above elbow and at wrist and left hand, left hand little finger lacking, slight crack to her base, one cover with slight restoration to finial, the other with restored finials, minor chips and restoration to flowers and leaves on both), circa 1745
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN BLACKAMOOR SWEETMEAT-FIGURES modelled by J.F. Eberlein, he with brightly coloured headdress and skirt, she with a striped red and white headband and puce skirt with purple foliage standing beside tree-stumps before ozier moulded baskets and covers reserved with quatrefoil gilt and black line panels painted with figures in landscapes and with pierced ormolu mounts, the covers with branch finials, resting on rockwork applied with flowers and leaves (he with restoration to right thumb and right little finger lacking, she with restoration to right hand, left arm above elbow and at wrist and left hand, left hand little finger lacking, slight crack to her base, one cover with slight restoration to finial, the other with restored finials, minor chips and restoration to flowers and leaves on both), circa 1745
he 19cm. high
she 17cm. high (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. the examples sold in these Rooms, 1 March 1993, lot 213