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See Dr. Karl Berling, ed., Meissen China, An Illustrated History, Dover Reprint, New York, 1972, pp. 65-66, fig. 153 for a similar example, its bill open.
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CIRCA 1781, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS, STAR AND 4 MARK, MODELED BY CHRISTIAN GOTTLOB LUECKE
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A MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) DUCK TUREEN AND COVER
Circa 1781, blue crossed swords, star and 4 mark, modeled by Christian Gottlob Luecke
Naturalistically modelled swimming, with a patch of bright blue feathers beneath the wings of its brown and grey plummage
11 3/8 in. (28.8 cm.) long (2)
Circa 1781, blue crossed swords, star and 4 mark, modeled by Christian Gottlob Luecke
Naturalistically modelled swimming, with a patch of bright blue feathers beneath the wings of its brown and grey plummage
11 3/8 in. (28.8 cm.) long (2)