Lot 638
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A MAID, LA BELLE CHOCOLATIER
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A MAID, LA BELLE CHOCOLATIER

CIRCA 1900, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, IMPRESSED T5, PRESSNUMMER 131

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A MAID, LA BELLE CHOCOLATIER
CIRCA 1900, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, IMPRESSED T5, PRESSNUMMER 131
Inspired by the pastel by Liotard, modelled standing holding a tray with a cup and saucer and a beaker of water, on a shaped rectangular mound base
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

The present model is based on a copy of a 1744-5 pastel by the Swiss miniaturist, Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1789) at the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden. The copy by the Meissen painter Frenzel was originally intended as a source to be copied onto Meissen plaques.

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