Lot Essay
The present model would appear to be extremely rare in that it does not appear in any of the generally recognized literature on the Fürstenberg factory.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION FORMED BY THE LATE STANLEY UNGAR
A FÜRSTENBERG FIGURE OF A FIDDLE PLAYER
BLUE F MARK, INCISED 37., CIRCA 1775
Details
A FÜRSTENBERG FIGURE OF A FIDDLE PLAYER
Blue F mark, incised 37., circa 1775
The bearded man with a brown hat, black puce-lined cape, orange-striped suit, and yellow shoes, modelled seated playing the fiddle, on a tree-stump flattened mound base
3¾in. (9.5cm.) high
Blue F mark, incised 37., circa 1775
The bearded man with a brown hat, black puce-lined cape, orange-striped suit, and yellow shoes, modelled seated playing the fiddle, on a tree-stump flattened mound base
3¾in. (9.5cm.) high
Provenance
Von Recum Collection; Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 21 March 1951, lot 96