A LUDWIGSBURG FIGURE OF AN APPLE-PICKER OR SELLER
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A LUDWIGSBURG FIGURE OF AN APPLE-PICKER OR SELLER

CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROWNED INTERLACED CS MARK, INCISED S.N.Z. (?)

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A LUDWIGSBURG FIGURE OF AN APPLE-PICKER OR SELLER
CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROWNED INTERLACED CS MARK, INCISED S.N.Z. (?)
Modelled by J.J. Louis, wearing a pale-blue lined loose red jacket over a loose white shirt, his purple-trimmed yellow breeches tied with purple cord, a sack of apples slung over his right shoulder, his left hand holding a black hat, standing with his right elbow leaning on a pile of rocks on a circular mound base edged with gilt scrolls and applied with foliage (minute fritting to hat and ribbons, chipping to foliage, some areas of minute wear)
5 in. (12.6 cm.) high
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

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See H.D. Flach, Ludwigsburger Porzellan (1997), p. 534, no. 236 for a similar example.

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