Lot Essay
Cf. Friedrich H. Hofmann, Frankenthaler Porzellan, Munich, 1911, vol. I, plate 84, no. 378 (January) and 382 (December)
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A PAIR OF FRANKENTHAL FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF WINTER
1762-1766, BLUE CROWNED CT MONOGRAM MARK FOR CARL THEODORE, MODELLED BY KONRAD LINK
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A PAIR OF FRANKENTHAL FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF WINTER
1762-1766, blue crowned CT monogram mark for Carl Theodore, modelled by Konrad Link
Both painted in ice-blue, the one emblematic of January as a Janus figure and holding a medallion of a nymph pouring water into a stream; the other emblematic of December as a man blowing the flames in his brazier, wearing an ermined-lined hat and cloak enriched with yellow and brown enamel, on scroll-moulded mound bases enriched with gilding
7in. (17.8cm.) high (2)
1762-1766, blue crowned CT monogram mark for Carl Theodore, modelled by Konrad Link
Both painted in ice-blue, the one emblematic of January as a Janus figure and holding a medallion of a nymph pouring water into a stream; the other emblematic of December as a man blowing the flames in his brazier, wearing an ermined-lined hat and cloak enriched with yellow and brown enamel, on scroll-moulded mound bases enriched with gilding
7in. (17.8cm.) high (2)