Lot Essay
See Y. Adams, Meissen figures, Atglen, 2001, p. 157 ill. no. 426 for the male counterpart.
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CIRCA 1748
Details
A Meissen figure of a female cook
CIRCA 1748
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, the seated maiden with a pink bonnet, a neck lace, a yellow bodice with black lozenges, a blue skirt, yellow shoes, holding a pickled joint of meat in her right hand and a tray with a block of salt on her lap, on square red brickwork base (small losses)
16.2 cm. high
CIRCA 1748
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, the seated maiden with a pink bonnet, a neck lace, a yellow bodice with black lozenges, a blue skirt, yellow shoes, holding a pickled joint of meat in her right hand and a tray with a block of salt on her lap, on square red brickwork base (small losses)
16.2 cm. high
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