Lot Essay
See the Meissen Collector's Catalogue, 1910, pl. 1, no. 4 for illustrations of these models.
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LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED 4. TO EACH, IMPRESSED 136 AND 120, PAINTED 7. AND 6., RESPECTIVELY, AFTER THE MODELS BY J.J. KÄNDLER
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A MATCHED PAIR OF MEISSEN MODELS OF A SHEPHERD AND A SHEPHERDESS
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED 4. TO EACH, IMPRESSED 136 AND 120, PAINTED 7. AND 6., RESPECTIVELY, AFTER THE MODELS BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Each modelled standing in 18th century dress, next to a tree-stump, he holding a piece of bread out to his attendant dog, a sheep at his feet, she with a sheep at her hip, a staff in her hand, each on a rocky rocaille-scroll base
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high (2)
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED 4. TO EACH, IMPRESSED 136 AND 120, PAINTED 7. AND 6., RESPECTIVELY, AFTER THE MODELS BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Each modelled standing in 18th century dress, next to a tree-stump, he holding a piece of bread out to his attendant dog, a sheep at his feet, she with a sheep at her hip, a staff in her hand, each on a rocky rocaille-scroll base
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high (2)