CIRCA 1780, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND STAR MARK, BLUE / MARK, PRESSNUMMER 73

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A Meissen (Marcolini) figure of St. Theresa
Circa 1780, blue crossed swords and star mark, blue / mark, Pressnummer 73
Wearing a black veil over a white headdress, a long white cloak clasped at her chest over a grey scapula and long grey habit, her head tilted slighty to the right and gazing upwards, holding a large open book with blank pages at her left hip, her raised right hand holding a quill, standing on a moulded square plinth, with lillies sprouting up at her left side, Cupid with a flaming heart and arrow at her right side, the plinth centred with a scroll-moulded cartouche with the inscription S.THERESIA SPIRITUALIS MATER et FUN= DATRIX NOVAE REFORMATI= ONIS ORD. DISCALCEATORUM B.MARIAE de MONTECARMEL in black (right hand restuck, chip to quill, minute chipping to lillies, minute wear to enamels and gilding)
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

St. Theresa of Avila (1515-82) was born into an aristocratic family and entered the Carmelite convent in Avila, Spain, at the age of twenty. In 1562, she founded a new convent, St. Joseph, at Avila, which was the prototype for the (Discalced) Carmelite Order. She wrote a number of books, including her autobiography and the story of her foundations. She was canonised in 1622 by Alessandro Ludovisi, Gregory XV.

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