CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK

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A Meissen group of Johann Georg Wentzel with Princess Maria Anna's dog
Circa 1765, blue crossed swords and dot mark
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, wearing a pale-blue lined pale-yellow uniform with pale-blue cuffs and lapels, a pale-blue waistcoat with a black belt, buff breeches and black boots, standing with his black tricorn hat tucked under his left arm and holding a large hunting-dog on a lead, the dog's white coat with black, brown and grey markings, seated on its haunches by a tree-stump on a shaped oval grassy mound base applied with foliage (chipping to tree and foliage, small section of lead lacking, chip to one end of lead, minute areas of wear to enamels)
12 1/8 in. (30.7 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This figure is a portrait of the huntsman Johann Georg Wentzel (1700-1752). The figure was first modelled by Kändler in 1744, and in his work report for 1744 he wrote: 'For Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Anna, a huntsman by the same of Wentzel, 15 Zoll in height, in costume and with facial resemblance, cleanly modelled in clay and holding next to him, on a rope, the favourite dog of the highly esteemed Princess'.

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