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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION
A NIDERVILLER BISCUIT FIGURE OF A PEASANT BOY WITH A BIRD'S NEST IN HIS HAT
CIRCA 1790, APPLIED RIBBON IMPRESSED WITH UPPERCASE MARK
Details
A NIDERVILLER BISCUIT FIGURE OF A PEASANT BOY WITH A BIRD'S NEST IN HIS HAT
Circa 1790, applied ribbon impressed with uppercase mark
The barefoot youth standing before a tree-stump, pointing into the hat cradled in the crook of his left arm in which is resting a bird's nest with two fledglings, a sheaf of wheat at his feet, on a further circular base
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
Circa 1790, applied ribbon impressed with uppercase mark
The barefoot youth standing before a tree-stump, pointing into the hat cradled in the crook of his left arm in which is resting a bird's nest with two fledglings, a sheaf of wheat at his feet, on a further circular base
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Property from a Distinguished Collection; Arts of France, Christie's, New York, 21 October 1997, lot 91 (part).