THE MOUNTS AND PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745, THE MODELS BY J.J. KÄNDLER AND J.F. EBERLEIN

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF KINGFISHERS
THE MOUNTS AND PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745, THE MODELS BY J.J. KÄNDLER AND J.F. EBERLEIN
Each bird with blue and green plumage, perched atop flower and vine encrusted rockwork, grasses issuing from the base, on gilt bronze rocaille bases
10 ½ in. high, overall, the larger

Sale room notice

Please note additional provenance for this lot: Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 16-17 October 1989, lot 320 (£35,200).

Lot Essay

The model by J.J. Kändler was entered into his work records in September 1735 as (translated) "a kingfisher sitting on a small stone precipice somewhat overgrown with leaves" (see S. Wittwer, The Gallery of Meissen Animals, Augustus the Strong's Menagerie for the Japanese Palace in Dresden, Munich, 2006, p. 342). The second bird was later modeled by Eberlein in May of 1739. Compare the two kingfishers without mounts in the collection of Sir Gawaine and Lady Baillie, sold Sotheby's, London, 1 May 2013, lot 11.

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