A MEISSEN MODEL OF A PARTRIDGE
A MEISSEN MODEL OF A PARTRIDGE

CIRCA 1741, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED 57

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A MEISSEN MODEL OF A PARTRIDGE
CIRCA 1741, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED 57
Naturalistically modelled by J.J. Kaendler, looking to the right, its plumage enriched in shades of brown, dark red and grey, perched on a shaped mound base applied with wheat sheafs (minute chip to tip of beak, some chipping to wheat, minor rubbing to enamels)
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high

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See Yvonne Hackenbroch, Meissen and Other Continental Porcelain, Faience and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, London, 1956, pl. 10, fig. 12 for a pair of partridges.

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