.jpg?w=1)
CIRCA 1750
Details
TWO MEISSEN FIGURAL PIPE TAMPERS
CIRCA 1750
Modelled as a gentleman and a lady, the first wearing a long purple flowered robe, one hand tucked into his robe, the other holding a pipe, the lady in a white mop cap, pink vest and white chemise and a long skirt painted with indianische Blumen, a theatrical mask in her hand, on mound bases (the first with two small chips to base, the second with a minute chip to nose)
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) and 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1750
Modelled as a gentleman and a lady, the first wearing a long purple flowered robe, one hand tucked into his robe, the other holding a pipe, the lady in a white mop cap, pink vest and white chemise and a long skirt painted with indianische Blumen, a theatrical mask in her hand, on mound bases (the first with two small chips to base, the second with a minute chip to nose)
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) and 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
With A. Torre, from whom they were acquired in 1964.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.