Lot Essay
The design for the present model was originally executed by J.J. Kändler as part of Count Brühl's Plat-de-Mènage, circa 1737. See Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, p. 128, fig. 497-507, and pp. 118-120 for an 18th century example in the Schneider Collection; also see an anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London 15 July 2004, lot 112 for a 19th century Meissen example.