Lot Essay
Cf. M. Oppenheim, Johann Peter Melchior, Frankfurt, 1957 p. 82, ill. 64.
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1779-1775, MARKED WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE SIX-SPOKED WHEEL (RADMARKE)
Details
A Höchst figure of a female bird seller
1779-1775, marked with underglaze blue six-spoked wheel (Radmarke)
Modelled by Johann Peter Melchior, painted in colours, wearing a yellow and lilac hat, a lilac bodice, a striped floral skirt, holding a white apron in her right hand and a dead hare in her left hand, standing on a grassy rockwork base (chips to the extremities of the hare)
14.8 cm. high
See illustration
1779-1775, marked with underglaze blue six-spoked wheel (Radmarke)
Modelled by Johann Peter Melchior, painted in colours, wearing a yellow and lilac hat, a lilac bodice, a striped floral skirt, holding a white apron in her right hand and a dead hare in her left hand, standing on a grassy rockwork base (chips to the extremities of the hare)
14.8 cm. high
See illustration
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