Lot Essay
For a marked Berlin example of this model with variant coloring, see obj. no. C18n8 in the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum, Boston.
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THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1765, PROBABLY MODELED BY F.E. MEYER, THE ORMOLU OF LATER DATE AND ASSOCIATED
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN MODELS OF JAYS
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1765, PROBABLY MODELED BY F.E. MEYER, THE ORMOLU OF LATER DATE AND ASSOCIATED
Each naturalistically modeled perched on a tree-stump, on an ormolu pierced foliate scroll base
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1765, PROBABLY MODELED BY F.E. MEYER, THE ORMOLU OF LATER DATE AND ASSOCIATED
Each naturalistically modeled perched on a tree-stump, on an ormolu pierced foliate scroll base
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Weinmüller, Munich, 30 September 1964, lot 207, pl. 11 (as Meissen).
Max Hoffmann Collection, Basel; Christie's, London, 21 November 2005, lot 111 (as Meissen).
With Brian Haughton Antiques, London (as Meissen).
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above on 24 October 2006.
Max Hoffmann Collection, Basel; Christie's, London, 21 November 2005, lot 111 (as Meissen).
With Brian Haughton Antiques, London (as Meissen).
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above on 24 October 2006.
Literature
The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show, New York, 20-26 October 2006 (cover).
Exhibited
Musée Ariana, Geneva, 1999.
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