Lot Essay
See F.H. Hofmann, Frankenthaler Porzellan (Munich, 1911), Vol. I, pl. 18, no. 71, for a very similar example.
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CIRCA 1760, INCISED HI
Details
A FRANKENTHAL FIGURE OF A SMITH
CIRCA 1760, INCISED HI
Modelled by J.W. Lanz, in a black hat, puce and gilt chequered waistcoat and black breeches, seated astride a work-horse, fashioning a scythe blade, on an oval partially-turquoise washed mound base edged with foliage-moulded scrolls enriched in gilding (head of hammer broken off with associated restoration to handle)
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1760, INCISED HI
Modelled by J.W. Lanz, in a black hat, puce and gilt chequered waistcoat and black breeches, seated astride a work-horse, fashioning a scythe blade, on an oval partially-turquoise washed mound base edged with foliage-moulded scrolls enriched in gilding (head of hammer broken off with associated restoration to handle)
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high
Provenance
With Torre, from whom it was acquired in 1967.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.