THE PORCELAIN MID-18TH CENTURY, SMALL BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE SIDE OF THE BASE, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER, THE LOOSE ORMOLU BASE OF SIMILAR DATE

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN SQUIRREL AND A LOUIS XV ORMOLU BASE
THE PORCELAIN MID-18TH CENTURY, SMALL BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE SIDE OF THE BASE, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER, THE LOOSE ORMOLU BASE OF SIMILAR DATE
The squirrel modeled seated on its haunches, clasping a nut in its paws, a pink collar and gilt chain tethering it to an oval rockwork base applied with flowers and foliage, the associated pierced ormolu base cast with rocaille and scrolls
7 5⁄8 in. (19.3 cm.) high, the porcelain

Provenance

The Property of G.C. Willoughby, Esq.; Sotheby's, London, 3 June 1969, lot 29.
Sotheby's, London, 4 June 1974, lot 188.
Sotheby's, London, 21 October 1975, lot 185.
Collection of Adriana Torré; Christie's, Geneva, 16 November 1992, lot 112.
With Asprey, London.
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above in 1993.

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Lot Essay

The Meissen manufactory produced various models of squirrels in the eighteenth century, with the present model probably introduced around 1749. According to Kändler's Taxa, he first modeled a pair of squirrels in August 1732: 'Zwei Eichhörnigen' (two squirrels) and afterwards in September 1733, 'Ein kleines Eichhörngen' (a small squirrel). An example of this model, in the Collection of Sir Gawaine & Lady Baillie, was sold at Sotheby's, London, 1 May 2013, lot 76, and another by Christie's, London, 12 November 2020, lot 109.

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