Lot 329
329
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A COPPERSMITH FROM THE ARTISAN SERIES
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 319 - 329)
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A COPPERSMITH FROM THE ARTISAN SERIES

CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A COPPERSMITH FROM THE ARTISAN SERIES
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, seated on a tree-stump, beating a pot with a hammer in his right hand, a tea-kettle and anvil at his feet, on a scroll-moulded base
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Figures from this series, formerly in the Emma Budge Collection, were sold by Christie's, Rome on 24 May 1972, lots 180-199 (the coppersmith was lot 190) and an example is preserved in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, museum no. C138-1993.

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