LATE 18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK, INCISED B, THE MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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A MEISSEN CRYES OF LONDON FIGURE GROUP OF A BEGGARWOMAN AND HER CHILDREN
LATE 18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK, INCISED B, THE MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER
The mother modeled standing in tattered clothes, carrying a baby on her back and holding the hand of a young boy, on a rocaille-molded gilt enriched base
6 1/8 in. (15.4 cm.) high

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See Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Figures, 1730-1775 The Kaendler Period, Atglen, 2001, p. 47, nos. 108 and 109 for a similar example and for the engraving after Marcellus Laroon upon which the model is based.

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