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SOLD BY THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COLLECTION (LOTS 447-450)
TWO ORMOLU-MOUNTED CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN MODELS OF PARROTS
ONE CIRCA 1760 AND WITH A BLUE WHEEL MARK FOR HÖCHST, THE OTHER A 19TH CENTURY SAMSON EXAMPLE WITH SPURIOUS IRON-RED WHEEL MARK, BOTH MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY
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TWO ORMOLU-MOUNTED CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN MODELS OF PARROTS
ONE CIRCA 1760 AND WITH A BLUE WHEEL MARK FOR HÖCHST, THE OTHER A 19TH CENTURY SAMSON EXAMPLE WITH SPURIOUS IRON-RED WHEEL MARK, BOTH MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY
Each with green plumage, the wings edged in iron-red and blue, perched on a short tree-stump and raised on a square ormolu base
11¾ (29.8 cm.) and 12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high (2)
ONE CIRCA 1760 AND WITH A BLUE WHEEL MARK FOR HÖCHST, THE OTHER A 19TH CENTURY SAMSON EXAMPLE WITH SPURIOUS IRON-RED WHEEL MARK, BOTH MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY
Each with green plumage, the wings edged in iron-red and blue, perched on a short tree-stump and raised on a square ormolu base
11¾ (29.8 cm.) and 12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
With Pinkus and Hanstein, West Germany.
Edward and Kathleen (Kiyi) Pflueger, New York.
Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1982.
Edward and Kathleen (Kiyi) Pflueger, New York.
Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1982.
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Please note, the description in the printed catalogue should read:
TWO ORMOLU-MOUNTED CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN MODELS OF PARROTS
One circa 1760 and with a blue wheel mark for Höchst, the other a 19th century Samson example with spurious iron-red wheel mark, both mounts 19th century
TWO ORMOLU-MOUNTED CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN MODELS OF PARROTS
One circa 1760 and with a blue wheel mark for Höchst, the other a 19th century Samson example with spurious iron-red wheel mark, both mounts 19th century
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