Lot Essay
Cf. Yvonne Adams, Meissen Figures 1730-1775, The Kaendler Years, Atglen, PA, 2001, no. 446 (as Eberlein)
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CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT THE BACK, MODELLED BY P. REINECKE, THE FIRST
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A FISHERMAN AND A TRADESMAN
CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT THE BACK, MODELLED BY P. REINECKE, THE FIRST
The fisherman wearing soft felt hat, grey jacket and turquoise breeches, standing before a tree-stump, his right hand extended and holding a fish, two other fish at his feet, on rough square base applied with clumps of grass; the tradesman as a young boy walking forward and gazing to his right, wearing open turquoise-lined faun jacket and pink breeches, turquoise bows on his black shoes, a basket of his goods resting on the tree-stump at his left, a gilt band around the sides of the square base
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) and 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT THE BACK, MODELLED BY P. REINECKE, THE FIRST
The fisherman wearing soft felt hat, grey jacket and turquoise breeches, standing before a tree-stump, his right hand extended and holding a fish, two other fish at his feet, on rough square base applied with clumps of grass; the tradesman as a young boy walking forward and gazing to his right, wearing open turquoise-lined faun jacket and pink breeches, turquoise bows on his black shoes, a basket of his goods resting on the tree-stump at his left, a gilt band around the sides of the square base
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) and 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
with The Meissen Shop, Palm Beach