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CIRCA 1756, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE BACK OF BASE
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A PASTRY SELLER FROM THE CRIS DE PARIS SERIES
CIRCA 1756, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE BACK OF BASE
Modelled by P. Reinicke and J.J. Kändler, wearing a white headscarf, yellow bodice and lilac skirt, her apron painted with indianische Blumen, her basket overflowing with flat-breads and pastries, standing on a mound base moulded with gilt scrolls and applied with flowers (her raised index finger restored, very minor chipping to extremities, chip to edge of base and slight wear to gilding)
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
CIRCA 1756, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE BACK OF BASE
Modelled by P. Reinicke and J.J. Kändler, wearing a white headscarf, yellow bodice and lilac skirt, her apron painted with indianische Blumen, her basket overflowing with flat-breads and pastries, standing on a mound base moulded with gilt scrolls and applied with flowers (her raised index finger restored, very minor chipping to extremities, chip to edge of base and slight wear to gilding)
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Provenance
Anon., sale Sotheby's London, 26th February 1963, lot 134.
With A. Torre, from whom it was acquired in 1963.
With A. Torre, from whom it was acquired in 1963.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.