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See Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London, 1987, p. 186 for a variant example with reticulated basket and cover.
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELLED BY J.J. KNDLER
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A MEISSEN SWEETMEAT FIGURE OF A BLACKAMOOR
Circa 1750, blue crossed swords mark, modelled by J.J. Kndler
The woman wearing a pale yellow skirt wrapped around her waist and brightly painted with meandering flowers along the hem, standing leaning forward before a tree stump, its roots supporting an ozier moulded basket and an associated cover, the basket painted with deutsche Blumen, the cover with flower finial and painted with European seaside views reserved within four quatrefoil cartouches outlined in black, the mound base applied with flowers
7in. (17.7cm.) high
Circa 1750, blue crossed swords mark, modelled by J.J. Kndler
The woman wearing a pale yellow skirt wrapped around her waist and brightly painted with meandering flowers along the hem, standing leaning forward before a tree stump, its roots supporting an ozier moulded basket and an associated cover, the basket painted with deutsche Blumen, the cover with flower finial and painted with European seaside views reserved within four quatrefoil cartouches outlined in black, the mound base applied with flowers
7in. (17.7cm.) high